Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  B144  ·  Sh2-101
SH2-101 - The Tulip Nebula in SHO.  12.8 hours., Cosgrove's Cosmos (Patrick Cosgrove)
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SH2-101 - The Tulip Nebula in SHO. 12.8 hours.

SH2-101 - The Tulip Nebula in SHO.  12.8 hours., Cosgrove's Cosmos (Patrick Cosgrove)
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SH2-101 - The Tulip Nebula in SHO. 12.8 hours.

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I just completed the first of three projects whose data was captured during the nice stretch of weather we just had between Aug 2nd and August 4th.  This is a 12.8-hour integration of SH2-101 - The Tulip Nebula. This was taken on my Astro-Physics 130mm platform with the ZWO ASI2600MM-Prop Camera. 

All details and the story behind this image can be seen on my website - please check it out!

https://cosgrovescosmos.com/projects/sh2-101-the-tulip-nebula

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  • SH2-101 - The Tulip Nebula in SHO.  12.8 hours., Cosgrove's Cosmos (Patrick Cosgrove)
    Original
  • SH2-101 - The Tulip Nebula in SHO.  12.8 hours., Cosgrove's Cosmos (Patrick Cosgrove)
    B
  • Final
    SH2-101 - The Tulip Nebula in SHO.  12.8 hours., Cosgrove's Cosmos (Patrick Cosgrove)
    C

B

Description: There was a weird line that bounded the blue area in the tulip. I'm sure how it got there but I was able to fix it.

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C

Description: I was bothered by the rendering which seemed to emphasize the many small stars in the field. I have seen other examples of this when you are dealing with a very rich starfield. While not an issue when you zoom in, it is an issue when you see the whole frame rendering. So I went in and create a small star mask and did a light convolution operation to de-emphasize those stars. I think I like this version better.

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SH2-101 - The Tulip Nebula in SHO.  12.8 hours., Cosgrove's Cosmos (Patrick Cosgrove)