Sh2-101, Tulip Nebula

We are moving! In preparation for that, observations, both meteorological and astronomical, will be discontinued.
They will resume once we have settled in at the new location in Tupperville, likely in July.

Sh2-101, Tulip Nebula, 26-Sep-2014 Scope: Orion 200mm Astrograph, f/4 Mount: HEQ5 Guiding: KWIQ/QHY5 / PHD Imaging Camera: Atik 383L+ Frames: 4x10m Ha, 4x5m each LRGB Total Exposure: 2h Processing: PixInsight Distance: 6000 ly Astrobin link   Reprocessed 2015-02-15. Pic includes the visual component of the Cygnus X1 black hole system. It is the brighter of the close pair halfway between the nebula and the top-left corner of the image.