Observation by NORMAN GRAY: Tulip Nebula (Sh2-101) OSC

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NORMAN GRAY

Observer

NORMAN GRAY

Observed

2024 Aug 12 - 02:00

Uploaded

2024 Sep 29 - 21:40

Objects

The Tulip Nebula (Sharpless 101)

Equipment

Askar 151PHQ, ASI2600MCpro, Lo-Glow filter (Chroma)

Exposure

60sec x 2032

Location

Stevenage, Hertfordshire

Target name

Sh2-101

Title

Tulip Nebula (Sh2-101) OSC

About this image

Collected over 21 nights (23 Jun - 12 Aug 2014), 33.9hr total.

Processed in AstroPixelProcessor followed by Pixinsight (BlurXT/NoiseXT), Photoshop.

Collected alongside a dual set-up with a ASI2600MMpro sensor for narrowband imaging (separate image).

Files associated with this observation

Sh2_101_OSC.jpg (2.3 MB)

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Callum Potter, Graham Winstanley, Geof Lewis, David Davies

Comments

NORMAN GRAY, 2024 Sep 29 - 21:46 UTC

Bit of a tour de-force given the poor weather conditions and limited 'darkness'.

There is a lot of detail in the hi-res image that the 2.5Mb does not show.

Cygnus X-1 (associated with larger of the twin stars in the lower right corner) was interesting in narrowband (following image).

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