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Photographer:
Jon Greif
Location of Photo:
Julian, CA, USA
Date/Time of photo:
August 1, 2020, at 11:00 pm PDT
Equipment:
Astrotech AT72EDII refractor reduced to Focal Length 344 mm, ASI533MC Pro camera, OAG with ASI120MM guide camera, Rainbow Astro RST-135 mount, Ekos capture software and Pixinsight processing software.
Description:
Sh2-101, is also called the Tulip Nebula, because it has been likened to a field of tulips. It lies in the very rich star and gas field of the constellation Cygnus, and, while normally very colorful, it was more so last night because of smoke from the nearby Apple Fire and the very bright, nearly full, moon. SH2-101 was first described and catalogued in 1959 by John Sharpless, and, although not really a part of it, is where can be found the strongest x-ray source in the known universe, known as Cygnus X-1, and an associated black hole.
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