Nébuleuse du Hibou

Messier entered it in his catalogue the same year; it covers 2.83 arcminutes. Lord Rosse, who drew it in 1848, saw two dark patches in it for eyes, hence its name of the Owl. In the photo, it is a turquoise disc ringed by a mauve halo, where the two dark areas can just be made out, dotted with three small stars.

Source: Wikipédia en français, M97 (nébuleuse). A figure wrong? Report it.

Designation

M97 · NGC 3587

Family

Nebula

Constellation

Ursa Major

Shots taken

1

Album date

12 September 2026

Cumulative integration

not logged

Instrument

Unistellar eQuinox 2

The album date is the one the photo album gives the file, not the date of the shot: the device burns none into this image.