M 97 (NGC 3587, PK148+57.1) Planetary Nebula in Ursa Major
Located at: RA 11 hours 14 minutes 48 seconds, Dec +55 degrees 01 minutes 09 seconds
Size: 3.4'; Magnitude: 12.0 photographic; Class: 3a
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -25c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Red filter, 330 minutes (33 x 10 minute subs) 02/12/14/2010; seeing 2.1-3.3 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.6.1, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: | Wanted to re-shoot this image for more exposure time and a little better focus/centering ... see previous image here ... however, February weather has prevented gathering more dated than the old exposure. Processed and uploaded what I have for now |