Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  B144  ·  LBN 168  ·  LBN 171  ·  LDN 847  ·  Sh2-101
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Tulip Nebula (Sharpless 2 - 101, RGB), Miles Zhou
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Tulip Nebula (Sharpless 2 - 101, RGB)

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Tulip Nebula (Sharpless 2 - 101, RGB)

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Tulip Nebula, designated as Sharpless 101 (Sh2-101), is an H II region emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. It was catalogued by astronomer Stewart Sharpless in his 1959 catalog of nebulae. It lies at a distance of about 6,000 light-years from the Earth.

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