Object: Planetary nebula MESSIER 97 Constell: UMa RA: 11h 14.8m Decl: +55° 01' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 9.9m (v) Size: 3' Type: 3a Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Järvenpää, Finland Date/Time: 11./12.1.1992, 00.00 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 40x Filter: Field: 83' NE Lim.mag: 5.0m Background sky: 4 Seeing: 3 Weather: Faint aurorae and thin cirrus. Brightness: 3 Alt: Description: Round and large. Brightest NW. 'Eye' structure very difficult.