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SH2 101 Tulip Nebula and Cygnus X1 Shockwave, Nigel
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SH2 101 Tulip Nebula and Cygnus X1 Shockwave

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SH2 101 Tulip Nebula and Cygnus X1 Shockwave, Nigel
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SH2 101 Tulip Nebula and Cygnus X1 Shockwave

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Tulip Nebula SH2 101 and Cygnus X1. The latter comprises a supergiant, variable star (HDE 226868) which is in a tight orbit with a black hole. The black hole is ripping matter from the supergiant resulting in an accretion disc which gives rise to x rays and relativistic jets, one of which creates the blue coloured arc visible at the top right. 

Very lucky to have 4 clear nights in a row to amass some decent integration time!

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SH2 101 Tulip Nebula and Cygnus X1 Shockwave, Nigel

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