Region of the Tulip Nebula

This is another image from a small portion of the Milkyway in constellation Cygnus next to the so-called Tulip Nebula SH2-101. An unusual high amount of molecular Oxygen in this region results in an autumn-like misty impression.

In this image the Tulip Nebula is located in the bottom right, this crop show it in more detail:

Next to the Tulip Nebula there is a noticeable blueish arc, formed of compressed molecular Oxygen. This is a so called bowshock, created by an intense stream of particels originating from the black hole Cygnus X-1. By the way, Cygnus X-1 was the first ever black hole proven within the Milky Way back in 1972.

The whole region contains plenty of denser areas, where new stars will born eventually due to gravitational effects. These are observable as brighter or darker structures:

And finally the whole image again along with some annotation: