Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  B144  ·  LBN 168  ·  LBN 171  ·  Sh2-101
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Sh2-101 and Cygnus X-1 Shockfront (rev. 3), pete_xl
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Sh2-101 and Cygnus X-1 Shockfront (rev. 3)

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Sh2-101 and Cygnus X-1 Shockfront (rev. 3)

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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.

36 x 360s OIII

54 x 200s Ha

26 s 30s blue

29 x 30s red

28 x 30s green

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Sh2-101 and Cygnus X-1 Shockfront (rev. 3), pete_xl