Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)
Sh2-101 – The Tulip Nebula HST – 2020, Kirk
Sh2-101 – The Tulip Nebula HST – 2020
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Sh2-101 – The Tulip Nebula HST – 2020

Sh2-101 – The Tulip Nebula HST – 2020, Kirk
Sh2-101 – The Tulip Nebula HST – 2020
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Sh2-101 – The Tulip Nebula HST – 2020

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Object: Sh2-101 – The Tulip Nebula HST – 2020

Sharpless 101 is a Hydrogen II region, emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. It is called the Tulip Nebula by astrophotographers because it resembles the outline of a tulip.

- Magnitude: 9

- Constellation: Cygnus

- Apparent dimensions (V): 16' x 9'

- Designations: Sharpless 101, Sh2-101, Cygnus Star Cloud, The Tulip Nebula

- Apparent magnitude (V): 9

- Distance: 6,000 ly (1,800 pc)

Details:

- Imaging telescope or lens: Celestron EdgeHD 11 Celestron 11" Edge HD @f/7

- Imaging camera: FLI MicroLine ML16200

- Mount: Astro-Physics 1100 GTO CP4

- Guiding telescope or lens: Celestron OAG Deluxe

- Guiding camera: ZWO ASI174 Mini

- Focal reducer: Celestron .7x Focal Reducer, for 11 HD

- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley

Accessories: Optec FastFocus C-11 SMFS, FLI CFW-7

Filters:

- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm

- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm

- Astrodon SII 3nm 50mm

Exposure TImes:

- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 10 x 30min. (300min) bin 1x1

- Oxygen III (OIII):15 x 30min. (450min) bin 1x1

- Sulfur II (SII):13 x 30min. (390min) bin 1x1

Total Exposure: 1140min. (19hr)

Taken between 6/27/2020 and 8/18/2020

Location: Western Massachusetts

Limiting Magnitude: 5.1

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Sh2-101 – The Tulip Nebula HST – 2020, Kirk