deep-sky
nebula (emission)
SH2-101 – The Tulip Nebula
Sh2-101, also named the “Tulip Nebula” is seen in this image just right of center, it is an extended HII region in the constellation Cygnus.
It lies at a distance of about 6,000 light-years from Earth.
As the constellation Cygnus is located in the plane of our Milky Way it hosts a lot of interesting objects including Cygnus X-1 which is a strong galactic X-ray source and is assumed to be a stellar sized black hole, check the annotated version of this image for more info.
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Image information:
Object info
Name: SH2-101
Type: Nebula (emission)
Constellation: Cygnus
Distance: 6000 ly
Date & location
Date: Jul. 17-19, 2021
Location: Landgraaf, The Netherlands
Equipment & optics
Total integration: 5h36m
Camera: SBIG ST-8300M
Optics: TMB/LOMO 80/480
Mount: Losmandy G-11 Gemini
Image comments
Bi-color image, OIII was used for both Blue and Green channel.
Relatively short total integration time at sub-optimal conditions, not completely dark at this time of the year and high humidity.
