Date: Imaged 1 May 2019 (12:24 am) br/Location: Halifax, NS br/Equipment: Orion 80mm f6 ED-triplet refractor/ ZWO ASI183MC CMOS camera with UV/IR cut filter; prime focus, unguided; gain 320, 45 sec exposure/EQ6-R mount. br/Processing: 299 subs and 30 darks were captured as RGB24/PNG images, which were then stacked using DeepSkyStacker without any other adjustments to the stacked image. Photoshop CS2 was used to adjust levels, curves (stretching data) and color balance/saturation, as well as for noise reduction. StarTools was used for gradient removal. Microsoft Photo was used to tweak clarity, contrast, highlights, shadows, and exposure of the final jpg image. br/Comments: Messier 97 is a well-known planetary nebula located in the constellation Ursa Major. Dark skies are needed to obtain a good view of this nebula, even with a larger telescope, although Messier 97 shows up nicely in this image. Messier 97 is estimated to have formed about 8,000 years ago.