The Owl - M97

Hi All,
I did an image of the Owl a few nights back. The Owl is well known for its OIII emissions. Richard Crisp has done a nice Ha OIII image of the Owl. Unfortunately my green filter is very poor on the OIII emission line so a straight LRGB combine renders the object rather blue with my setup. (I really am going to get some good RGBs one of these days.) I corrected by doing a 24% Hard light application of the blue channel on the green. It was the best I could do.

A full size image is at:

http://www.jthommes.com/Astro/M97.htm

Scope - C8 at f7.7
Camera - Artemis285 LRGB filters
Mount - G11/Gemini (McClennan Gearbox modified)
Guiding - Megrez II at 1350 mm FL, DSI Pro, PHD Guiding

Hi Jim,

I think your correction did great because it looks fantastic!

I have seen some pretty good deals on the first generation Astrodons filters in the classifieds over the last couple weeks.

Great work on this one Jim,

Jason

Hi Jim. That is a really nice image. The detail in the Owl looks great, and I also like all the tiny galaxies you managed to capture. Sweet!

Hi Jim,

Apology accepted

Truth is, no apologies are needed. You do what you can with what you have, and I think you do a great job! It looks pretty darn good to me!

Eric

That's pretty good color on the Owl, Jim.

dan

Thanks for the comments folks.