SH2-101 Tulip Nebula

Image Title: SH2-101 Tulip Nebula

Date image was taken: September 13, 2023

Location: Front-yard, Alberta, Canada

Image Description and Details: The Tulip Nebula (Sh2-101) is a HII emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus at a distance of about 6,000 light years from Earth. It is in close proximity to microquasar Cygnus X-1, site of one of the first suspected black holes. Cygnus X-1 is the brighter of the two stars at the end of the lower petal of the Tulip.

A bowshock is created by a jet of energetic particles from the black hole as they interact with the interstellar medium. It can be seen as an arc at the top of the photo.

There is 19h and 40mins of data collected on this over multiple nights in September.

R/G/B - 45 @ 120 seconds each.

Sii - 55 @ 300 seconds.

Ha - 59 @ 300 seconds.

Oiii - 68 @ 300 seconds

Equipment Details: Askar 107 PHQ

ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro

W.O. Uniguide scope/ZWO ASI 290mm mini.

ZWO 7 position filter wheel,

Antlia 2” LRGBSHO filters

Sky-Watcher EQ6 R Pro.

ZWO ASI Air Pro, ZWO EAF.

Pixinsight / Photoshop

Copyright: Chris Parfett