The Owl Nebula (also known as Messier 97, M97 or NGC 3587) is a planetary nebula approximately 2,030 light years away in the constellation Ursa Major. [2] Estimated to be about 8,000 years old, [6] it is approximately circular in cross-section with a faint internal structure.

2015年8月25日 · Messier 97 (M97), also known as the Owl Nebula, is a famous planetary nebula located in Ursa Major constellation. The nebula lies at a distance of 2,030 light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 9.9. It has the designation NGC …

Owl Nebula Facts and Info. The Owl Nebula is quite famous in astronomy circles. It is one of just four planetary nebula (out of 103 catalogued nebula) in the Messier Catalog, the best-known catalog to predate the NGC, or New General Catalog. This nebula gets its unique name from the appearance of two dark patches that, to some observers, seem ...

2014年9月14日 · The Owl Nebula, also known as Messier 97 (M97), is a planetary nebula located in Ursa Major. The nebula lies at an approximate distance of 2,030 light years from Earth. It is known for its distinctive shape, resembling a pair of owl …

2022年6月6日 · Among the planetary nebulae in the high northern heavens, M97, the Owl Nebula, is the most famous. Pierre Méchain discovered it on Feb. 16, 1781, about 2.5° southeast of Merak (Beta [β] Ursae...

Messier 97 (M97), also known as the Owl Nebula or NGC 3587, is a famous planetary nebula located in the constellation Ursa Major at a distance of approximately 2030 light-years from Earth. It is estimated to be about 8000 years old and was formed by the outflow of material from the stellar wind of the central star which went from being a giant ...

Messier 97 (NGC 3587), also known as the Owl Nebula, is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Ursa Major, in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy in the Local Group of galaxies. M97 is 2500 light years away from Earth. M97 is best viewed during late spring, is magnitude 10, and can be viewed with small telescope.

One of the fainter objects in Messier's catalog, the Owl Nebula is a planetary nebula, the glowing gaseous envelope shed by a dying sun-like star as it runs out of nuclear fuel. In fact, the Owl Nebula offers an example of the fate of our Sun as it runs out of fuel in another 5 billion years.

Owl Nebula (M97, NGC3587) is a planetary nebula that has a distance from Earth of 2,030.00 light years. It can be found in the constellation of Ursa Major. Aliens / U.F.O.

M97, the Owl Nebula in Ursa Major, is an interesting object for backyard viewing. It lies relatively nearby at 2,300 light-years from our Sun, so it appears 3.2 arcminutes in diameter – only ten times smaller than the Full Moon.