Posted on 09/01/2022 4:05:24 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Framing a bright emission region, this telescopic view looks out along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the nebula rich constellation Cygnus the Swan. Popularly called the Tulip Nebula, the reddish glowing cloud of interstellar gas and dust is also found in the 1959 catalog by astronomer Stewart Sharpless as Sh2-101. Nearly 70 light-years across, the complex and beautiful Tulip Nebula blossoms about 8,000 light-years away. Ultraviolet radiation from young energetic stars at the edge of the Cygnus OB3 association, including O star HDE 227018, ionizes the atoms and powers the emission from the Tulip Nebula. Also in the field of view is microquasar Cygnus X-1, one of the strongest X-ray sources in planet Earth's sky. Blasted by powerful jets from a lurking black hole its fainter bluish curved shock front is only just visible though, beyond the cosmic Tulip's petals near the right side of the frame.
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I’m not seeing a tulip. Pass the bong.
Do you at least see roses on a piano?
You need peyote for this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJzV0_SaV-k&t=386s
Above is a music video to go along with the peyote.
Rush’s “Cygnus X-1” done to a fan video with some trippy graphics.
Excerpt:
I set a course just east of Lyra
And northwest of Pegasus
Flew into the light of Deneb
Sailed across the Milky Way
On my ship, the ‘Rocinante’
Wheeling through the galaxies,
Headed for the heart of Cygnus
Headlong into mystery
The x-ray is her siren song
My ship cannot resist her long
Nearer to my deadly goal
Until the Black Hole -
Gains control...
One of the first views I saw many moons ago, before I joined the astronomy club was the Cygnus X-1 region through an 8” reflecting telescope. I didn’t see the nebula, but it was, “My God, it’s full of stars.”
I was hooked.
Hey Danny, I can’t draw pictures like you’ve been doing, and I have a challenge for you- can you find Bart Simpson in the picture? I saw him right away.🙂🔭
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