Point Five Past Lightspeed
The Owl Nebula (Messier 97)
A planetary nebula lying 2,030 light years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. Approximately 8,000 years old, Messier 97 is the result of a low mass star which had transformed into a red giant, much like our sun will, reaching the end of its stellar life.
Imaged using the Bradford Robotic Telescope's Galaxy Camera (Schmidt-Cassegrain Celestron C14 optical tube. 3910mm focal length, 355mm aperture at f/11 with a FLI MicroLine fitted with a E2V CCD47-10. 1k x 1k pixels, each 13um square. Class 2).
Further processing done using FITS Liberator & Pixelmator 3.0 FX.
The Owl Nebula (Messier 97)
A planetary nebula lying 2,030 light years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. Approximately 8,000 years old, Messier 97 is the result of a low mass star which had transformed into a red giant, much like our sun will, reaching the end of its stellar life.
Imaged using the Bradford Robotic Telescope's Galaxy Camera (Schmidt-Cassegrain Celestron C14 optical tube. 3910mm focal length, 355mm aperture at f/11 with a FLI MicroLine fitted with a E2V CCD47-10. 1k x 1k pixels, each 13um square. Class 2).
Further processing done using FITS Liberator & Pixelmator 3.0 FX.