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SH2 101 Tulip Nebula SHO, Eric Smith
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SH2 101 Tulip Nebula SHO

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Sharpless 101 (Sh2-101) is an emission nebula located in the constellation of Cygnus. It is also known as the Tulip Nebula as it resembles the outline of a tulip.  Originally catalogued by astronomer Stewart Sharpless in hi 1959 catalogue of nebulae.  It’s distance form Earth is approximately 6,000 light-years.

Look to the left of the image to see a blue arc which is the shockwave created by a jet of energetic particles emanating from a black hole sited in the microquasar Cygnus X-1.

Imaged from my backyard in Gérgal, Almería, Spain over a period of 10 nights in June 2022.

Ha: 84 x 600 sec = 14 hours
Oiii: 53 x 600 sec = 8 hours 50 min
Oiii: 52 x 300 sec = 4 hours 20 min
Sii:  86 x 600 sec = 14 hours 20 min

Total imaging time: 41 hours 30 min

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SH2 101 Tulip Nebula SHO, Eric Smith