International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Émilie Storer (Collège Charlemagne, QUE)/André-Nicolas Chené (HIA/NRCof Canada)/T. Rector (U.Alaska, Anchorage).
Gemini North image of the planetary nebula M97
Gemini North image of the planetary nebula M97, also knownas the Owl Nebula, imaged by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) as part of a Canadian contest for high school students. The approximately 6,000year-old nebula is located about 2,600 light-years away, and has a diameter ofabout three light-years across. It is located in the constellation of UrsaMajor (which contains the Big Dipper).
