SH2-101: Tulip Nebula over Four Sessions

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An extra session added significant brightness and detail to this faint nebula.
Telescope:   Stellina
Length:   400mm
Aperture:   80mm
F-stop:   f/5.0
Sessions:   4
Captured:   2021-07-11 to 2022-06-25
Lights:   850
Exposure:   10
Total exposure:   2 h
Ra:   19h 59m 51.6s
Dec:   +35° 17' 12.611
Size:   53.745 x 37.415 arcmin
Radius:   0.546 deg
Scale:   0.619 arcsec/pixel

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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.

Objects in frame:

SH2-101 Tulip Nebula
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