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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6097. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Interstellar Medium, Interstellar Medium Objects

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M97 is a planetary nebula in Ursa Major, lying just south of the bowl of the Big Dipper, 2.25 degrees from Beta Ursae Majoris. This nebula was discovered in February 1781 by Mechain, who noted it was difficult to see; modern observers estimate it as either tenth or eleventh magnitude, placing it among the faintest objects in Messier's catalog. Lord Rosse in 1848 named it the OWL NEBULA because it...

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