Sh2-101 - The Tulip Nebula

  
 
 
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Sh2-101 - Tulip Nebula
 
   
  • RA: 20:00
  • Dec: +35:17
  • Magnitude: 9
  • Distance: 6,000 ly
  • Size:  16 x 9 arc min
  • Constellation:  Cygnus
  • Scope: Orion ED80 at f/7
  • Autoguider:  ST-4 in faint mode
  • Sky conditions:  Above Average transparency and seeing
  • Camera: Hap Griffin modified Canon XSi at 800
  • Exposure: 18 x 5 minutes
  • Date:  August 8, 2010
  • Location: Ransom, IL
Comments: The Tulip Nebula, or Sharpless 101 (Sh2-101) is an emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. It is so named 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.