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Sh2-101 "Tulip Nebula" sits about 6,000 light years away in the constellation Cygnus. It gets its name due to its resemblance to the shape of a tulip flower, it is made up of different emitting gasses and dark dust. This is over 10 hours of exposure through Ha, OIII and SII filters

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