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The Tulip Nebula and Cygnus X-1 in Narrowband, Ani Shastry
The Tulip Nebula and Cygnus X-1 in Narrowband, Ani Shastry

The Tulip Nebula and Cygnus X-1 in Narrowband

The Tulip Nebula and Cygnus X-1 in Narrowband, Ani Shastry
The Tulip Nebula and Cygnus X-1 in Narrowband, Ani Shastry

The Tulip Nebula and Cygnus X-1 in Narrowband

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The beautiful Tulip Nebula, or Sh2-101, located in the constellation of Cygnus approximately 6,000 light years away from our Earth, elucidates its shape magnificently from the background of Hydrogen-Alpha stellar nebulosity through additional Oxygen-III and Sulfur-II emissions. Furthermore, just to the right of the image underneath the bluish arc, the brighter of the two stars is a micro-quasar, termed Cygnus X-1, that is the site of one of the first suspected Black Holes. The arc is supposed to have been created by a jet of energetic particles from the Black Hole as they interact with the stellar medium.
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Captured from my remote setup at Sierra Remote Observatories in Auberry, California:
PlaneWave CDK350 Observatory System
ZWO ASI6200MM Pro Camera
Chroma R, G, B, 5nm H-alpha, 3nm Oiii and Sii Filters
R: 30x120s, G: 30x120s, B: 30x120s, Ha: 35x600s, Oiii: 27x600s, Sii: 24x600s
Processed in PixInsight and Adobe Photoshop

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The Tulip Nebula and Cygnus X-1 in Narrowband, Ani Shastry