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Object name: SH2Designation(s): SH2, 101_LBN168, SH-2-101/LBN168, often known as the Tulip Nebula. It looks more like a rather dead one as it is really flat for a tulip as I see it. Just out of frame near the lower right is Cygnus X-1, the first known black hole. I didn't realize it was there when I took the shot or I'd have decentered the "tulip" to the east (left) a bit and picked it up. The nebula is in Cygnus about 6,000 light-years away. Normally I add H alpha to an LRGB image but this time I added H alpha to a pure RGB image. This was processed in 2007 when I had some processing issues and was just learning Photoshop. I'd likely do it very differently today. Related Designation(s):2MASX J04403475+5027419, 2MASX J23050983+6014560, 6C B043646.6+502153, 7C 0436+5022, 87GB 043647.6+502152, 87GB 230304.2+595825, 87GB[BWE91] 0436+5021, 87GB[BWE91] 2303+5958, IC 1470, NGC 1624, NVSS J044036+502744, NVSS J230510+601438, SHARPLESS 212, TXS 2303+599, [GMT2008] IR 23030, [KC97] G110.1+00.0, [KC97] G155.4+02.6, [WB92] 0436+5021, [WB92] 2303+5958, [ZHB90] G110.109+00.047, |