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M97
The Owl Nebula M97 is one of the fainter objects in Messier's catalog, discovered by Pierre M??chain on February 16, 1781. Admiral William H. Smyth first classified it as planetary nebulae in 1844. The name "Owl Nebula" goes back to Lord Rosse, who first used it in 1848. In 1866, William Huggins recognized its nature as a gaseous nebula from the observation of its spectrum, where he discovered two spectral lines.
Link-words: Messier Nebula

M97

The Owl Nebula M97 is one of the fainter objects in Messier's catalog, discovered by Pierre M??chain on February 16, 1781. Admiral William H. Smyth first classified it as planetary nebulae in 1844. The name "Owl Nebula" goes back to Lord Rosse, who first used it in 1848. In 1866, William Huggins recognized its nature as a gaseous nebula from the observation of its spectrum, where he discovered two spectral lines.

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Filename:CS_M97-OWL.jpg
Album name:CSuddell / Messier Objects
Rating (4 votes):22222
Link-words:Messier / Nebula
Image date, time and location:Sometime early 2005
Telescope aperture and focal ratio:Meade LX90 at prime, with a SAC8 20x40 second images in Halpha atcked in AIP4WIN
Filesize:18 KiB
Date added:May 08, 2005
Dimensions:404 x 326 pixels
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