#cyngus

Tulip Nebula

7,000 light years from Earth in the Constellation of the Swan (Cygnus), a group of O type blue giants fire out UV radiation so intense, 70 light years of Hydrogen gas is illuminated as a red glowing region, which to our human brains (or at least for some) resembles the more earthly tulip flower.

O type stars quickly run through their main sequences, some turning to Wolf Rayet stars, others quickly to supernova's and collapsing to black holes, while others to neutron stars.

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The Tulip Nebula

Following on from yesterday's post about Cygnus X-1 black hole, the nearby nebula to this (above) is known as the Tulip nebula, due to its colours and petal like structure.

The actual nebula is around 8000 light years away in the constellation of Cygnus, and the colours represent Sulphur (Red), Hydrogen (Green) and Oxygen (Blue).

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