Sh2-101 Tulip

 Posted: Oct 19th, 2025
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Technical Info
Telescope/Lens: Askar SQA 106 мм f/4.8
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600 MC
Mount: Ioptron HAE 29 C
Guide Scope: Askar 52 мм F4
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 120 MM mini
Software: SharpCap 4.0, Siril, GraXpert, Adobe Photoshop
Exposure:
61 x 180" ISO/Gain: 100
Orange, Bortle 6 zone:
 Adygeya Stanica Dahovskaya, Russia
 Sep 23rd, 2025
3 h 3 m
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Resolution: 1681x1285 px
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An emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus.
Located at a distance of about 6000 light years.
Apparent size 16' x 9'.
Siril scripts were used for the first time:
CosmicClarity_Sharpen
CosmicClarity_Denoise

A much more interesting object located very close to the "Tulip" is the X-ray source Cygnus X-1, discovered in 1964.
It is the location of a black hole.
A blue supergiant star orbits around it, feeding the rotating accretion disk, which results in relativistic jets of high-energy particles being ejected perpendicular to the accretion disk.
One of these jets collides with a denser region of the interstellar medium, forming a glowing, curved bow shock wave; this shock wave is my future target.
It is quite large, resembling a horseshoe, but the object is very faint.
If you are interested, search Yandex for: "Cygnus X-1 and the bow shock wave", it is quite impressive and there are photos.
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