Constellation: Cygnus
Sh2-101, also known as Sharpless-101, Tulip Nebula and Cederblad 173, belongs to a huge complex of nebulosity near Eta Cygnus.
O4 September 2007
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Image shown at left is reduced to 65%. Click image to see the full resolution result. This image was taken under sub-optimal, somewhat milky skies. The image makes me think of the sentence uttered by Bowman in '2001'. :-) |