M97
Ursa Major 11H 14m  55° 01'
Magnitude: 9.9
Diameter: 170"
Distance: 1,630 light-years
Best Month: April

Source: The Messier Objects

Image
Meade 8" SN LXD75
Meade Deep Sky Imager Pro

101 minutes luminance
(101 × 60-second exposures)
30 minutes per channel RGB
(30 × 60-second exposures)

Average transparency; 35°
21 February 2006
Cambridge, MA