SH2-101: The Tulip Nebula
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SH2-101 is an emission nebula that wasn't catalogued until 1959. It is very faint and requires plenty of exposure or good narrowband filters to capture. You can see why it's sometimes referred to as the Tulip Nebula.
Telescope: | Stellina | |
Length: | 400mm | |
Aperture: | 80mm | |
F-stop: | f/5.0 | |
Sessions: | 3 | |
Captured: | 2021-07-11 to 2021-11-01 | |
Lights: | 847 | |
Exposure: | 10 | |
Total exposure: | 2 h | |
Ra: | 19h 59m 54.1s | |
Dec: | +35° 16' 48.031 | |
Size: | 60.569 x 44.013 arcmin | |
Radius: | 0.624 deg | |
Scale: | 0.634 arcsec/pixel |