The nebula is named so because of its resemblance to the famous Owl Nebula in Ursa Major. The nebula is notably symmetric, round, and has a diameter of approximately four light-years.

Due to the long exposure a lot of faint background galaxies are visible.

Image data:
LHaO3RGB (360-360-240-160-140-140 min) total 23,3 h, north is up, seeing 0.8-1.2 arc-sec,
80cm f/7 Astrooptik Keller cassegrain, FLI PL-16803, Astrodon gen2 filters, Prompt 7 CTIO Chile

Processing: Johannes Schedler

Find here a cropped LHaO3RGB image in 30/100% size.