Sh2 101

Astral Imaging at Dogwood Ridge Observatory

Latitude: 37�48'51.0" N"
Longitude:78�23'41.0"W
Scottsville, Virginia 24590




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Sh2 101
The Tulip Nebula

Image Information

From Wikipedia,

Sharpless 101 (Sh2-101) is a H II region [1] emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. It is sometimes also called the Tulip Nebula because it appears to resemble the outline of a tulip when imaged photographically. 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 brighter of the two stars (lower star) in close vertical proximity just to the right of Sh2-101 in the image presented here.[2]

Sh2 101
Sh2 101

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This image consists of 40 luminance images - 15 minutes each all taken at -20�C at bin 1x1. The RGB data consists of 31 - 15 minute red, 21 - 15 minute green, and 15 - 15 minute blue images, all at -30 and binned 1x1. All images used so far totals 26.75 hours. All data was acquired using MaxImDl/CCD version 6.14 using ACP 8.1. Pix Insight version 1.8.5 was used for processing. Dithered guiding was on.

Equipment and Location Information

Date	July 25, 2017 - September 25, 2017
Location	Dogwood Ridge Observatory
Optics	Optical Guidance Systems 12.5" RC @f/9
Mount	Astro Physics AP1200GTO
Camera	SBIG STL-11000M/FW10/
Filters	Baader LRGB 50.8mm/Baader Ha,SII, OIII 50.8mm Filters
Conditions	Transparency good to moderate.

Last Modified :10/02/12 01:10 PM