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Sh2-101 in HaRGB (with stars)

Sharpless 101 - the so called Tulip Nebula - is an reflection and emission nebula region in the constellation Cygnus. Just outside the Tulip the shockfront of ionized gas driven by the energy of Cygnus X-1 and its companion star. Cyg X-1 is the strongest X-ray source kown so far. Cyg X-1 is considered a possible black hole.

 

ASI1600mmp and TS130/910 triplet apo with 0.79x reducer.

 

54 x 200s Ha

47 x 360s OIII

26 s 30s blue

29 x 30s red

28 x 30s green

 

Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop CC2019

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Uploaded on June 25, 2020