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Sh2-101 The Tulip Nebula SHO, Justin Worden
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Sh2-101 The Tulip Nebula SHO

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Sh2-101 The Tulip Nebula SHO

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Sharpless 101 (Sh2-101) is a H II region emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. It is sometimes also called the Tulip Nebula 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 (5.7×1016 km; 3.5×1016 mi) from Earth.
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Sh2-101 The Tulip Nebula SHO, Justin Worden