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Sh2-101 Nebula in Cygnus

The Tulip Nebula, or Sharpless 101 (Sh2-101) is an emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. It is so named because it appears to resemble the outline of a tulip when imaged photographically. It was catalogued by astronomer Stewart Sharpless in his 1959 catalog of nebulae. It lies at a distance of about 6,000 light-years from Earth. One of many interesting objects that are visible in hydrogen band in Cygnus. FOV of my setup [FSQ with ST8300 and ST2000 next] can present at least 5-6 obejects in Cygnus using Ha signal as luminance. This picture was created by combining Ha with RGB signal mainly used for stars.
The Tulip nebula, at least in the field seen from earth, is in close proximity to microquasar Cygnus X-1, site of one of the first suspected black holes.
sh2-101
sh2-101
sh2-101
sh2-101

Photo Details

  Telescope: FSQ106EDX (530 mm) Takahashi

  Camera: Sbig ST-8300, Filter wheel, Baader 36mm LRGB filters

  Mount: NJP Takahashi

  Guiding: Off-axis SS Orion autoguider

  Exposure: H 20x30min L 12x480sec, R 5x480sec, G 5x480sec, B 5x480sec

  When: July 2014

  Other information: very good transaparency, good seeing

 
SH2-101
SH2-101

Photo Details

  Telescope: FSQ106EDX (530 mm) Takahashi

  Camera: Sbig ST-2000XM, Filter wheel, Baader 1.25" HLRGB filtes

  Mount: NJP Takahashi

  Guiding: Self-guided

  Exposure: HaRGB 8h total

  When: ----

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