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The Tulip Nebula Sh2-101 and Cygnus X1 X-ray source Sh2-101 is a bright emission nebula in the constellation of Cygnus, also just on screen is Cygnus X1. This is a Supergiant star orbiting a black hole at a distance of about 0.2 AU, material falling into the black hole from it's companion generates prodigious quantities of X-rays. This is a false colour Ha image using 13 x 300s subs. Link-words: Nebula

The Tulip Nebula Sh2-101 and Cygnus X1 X-ray source

Sh2-101 is a bright emission nebula in the constellation of Cygnus, also just on screen is Cygnus X1. This is a Supergiant star orbiting a black hole at a distance of about 0.2 AU, material falling into the black hole from it's companion generates prodigious quantities of X-rays.

This is a false colour Ha image using 13 x 300s subs.

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File information
Filename:Sh2-101_Ha_False_colour_small_X1~0.jpg
Album name:RobertM / Nebulae
Rating (3 votes):22222
Link-words:Nebula
Image date, time and location:Sept 13 2008 @ 21:00
Telescope aperture and focal ratio:Sky 90 at approx f/4.5
Camera and filters used:Starlight-Xpress SXV-H9 and Astronomik 13nm Ha filter
Processing applied:Flattened/stacked and DPP stretched in Maxim + Levels, curves and colouration in PS
Filesize:940 KiB
Date added:Sep 15, 2008
Dimensions:1392 x 1040 pixels
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URL:http://gallery.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/displayimage-615-_The_Tulip_Nebula_Sh2_101_and_Cygnus_X1_X_ray_so.html
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