The Owl Nebula | Gemini North

The Owl Nebula | Gemini North

Gemini North image of the planetary nebula M97, also known as the Owl Nebula, imaged by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS). The approximately 6,000 year-old nebula is located about 2,600 light-years away, and has a diameter of about three light-years across. It is located in the constellation of Ursa Major (which contains the Big Dipper).

Credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / Émilie Storer (Collège Charlemagne, Quebec) / André-Nicolas Chené (HIA/NRC of Canada) / T. Rector (U. Alaska, Anchorage).

Release Date: March 25, 2010

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