Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  21 eta Cyg  ·  B144  ·  Sh2-101  ·  The star ηCyg
SH2-101, Philippe Brunasso
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SH2-101

SH2-101, Philippe Brunasso
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SH2-101

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Tulip Nebula

Wikipedia:

Sharpless 101 (Sh2-101) is a 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 (5.7×1016 km; 3.5×1016 mi) from Earth.

Sh2-101, at least in the field seen from earth, is in close proximity to microquasar Cygnus X-1, site of one of the first suspected black holes.

Cygnus X-1 is the bright star near the bottom right of the "Tulip"

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SH2-101, Philippe Brunasso