Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  27 b01 Cyg  ·  B144  ·  B146  ·  B147  ·  NGC 6871  ·  Sh2-101  ·  The star 27Cyg
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Tulip Nebula (SH2-101) in HSTrgb, Jose Carballada
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Sharpless 101 (Sh2-101) is a H II region emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. 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.

Sh2-101, 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.

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Tulip Nebula (SH2-101) in HSTrgb, Jose Carballada