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      SH2-101
      Emission  Nebula in Cygnus
           RA:19h 57m 28s  Dec: +34 57' 46" Distance ~6000 ly

Location & Date
Backyard, Abbott Observatory- Long Island, NY,  July/August 2023
Telescope
TMB130SS  910mm F/7 APO, Moonlite focuser, Losmandy G11 Gemini
Image scale 1.54 arcsec/pixel
Camera
SBIG ST-10XME
Baader Ha SII OIII RGB  filters
CCD temp -10°C
Exposures
Ha-17x10m  SII- 15x10m  OIII-15x10m Red-16x10m  Green-16x10m  Blue-16x10m Bin 1x1 for each panel
Planning & Acquisition
Sequence Generator Pro Mosaic Tool

Processing
CCDStack -  Calibration, Debloom
Astro Pixel Processor -  Channel processing and mosaic panel assembly
Adobe PS -  Ha SII OIII + RGB color processing
RC-Astro StarXTerminator & NoiseXTerminator

This is a 4 panel mosaic done in narrow band with RGB stars

Wikipedia

  Sharpless 101 (Sh2-101) is a H II region 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.




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