Gemini North image of the planetary nebula M97
Gemini North image of the planetary nebula M97, also knownas the Owl Nebula, imaged by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) as part of a Canadian contest for high school students. The approximately 6,000year-old nebula is located about 2,600 light-years away, and has a diameter ofabout three light-years across. It is located in the constellation of UrsaMajor (which contains the Big Dipper).
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Émilie Storer (Collège Charlemagne, QUE)/André-Nicolas Chené (HIA/NRCof Canada)/T. Rector (U.Alaska, Anchorage).
About the Image
| Id: | geminiann10008a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | March 25, 2010, 4:44 p.m. |
| Related announcements: | geminiann10008 |
| Size: | 2339 x 1894 px |
About the Object
| Name: | M97, Owl Nebula |
| Constellation: | Ursa Major |
| Category: | Nebulae |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 11 14 49.44 |
| Position (Dec): | 55° 0' 34.07" |
| Field of view: | 5.67 x 4.59 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 25.1° right of vertical |
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Colors & filters
| Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical g | 475 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |
| Optical r | 630 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |
| Optical i | 780 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |
| Optical H-alpha | 656 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |