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Faulkes Telescope Images

Deep Sky Objects - the Owl Nebula

Here are some images which were captured using the Faulkes Telescope North at the Going Nova Science Festival
which was held at Horizon Scotland at the Business Park in Forres in the north of Scotland.

The event ran from Thursday 10th November 2005 until Saturday 12th November.
During the Festival, the telescope was under the control of members of  the north of Scotland's two mainland astronomy clubs.
SIGMA, Moray's Astronomy Club and  Highlands Astronomical Society.

Designation
Date and Time
Exposures
M97, the Owl Nebula.
A planetary nebula in Ursa major.
Nov 12 2005
13.49 to 13.56
RGB filters, 60 seconds
H alpha and OIII, 60 seconds

BL
Bill Leslie

Red, green and blue filters.
BL
Bill Leslie

Red, H alpha
Green, OIII
Blue, blue from RGB
AT
Alan Tough

This is a composite of 5 layers -
Red, Green, Blue, O-III and H-Alpha.

AT
Alan Tough

This is the composite of 5 layers -

Red, Green, Blue, O-III and H-Alpha,
shown above but this time, Alan has added
a luminance layer to bring out the 6th star.



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