Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  Christmas Tree Cluster  ·  NGC 2264  ·  The star 15 Mon
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Christmas Tree Cluster area with Trumpler 5 cluster, George Hatfield
Christmas Tree Cluster area with Trumpler 5 cluster
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Christmas Tree Cluster area with Trumpler 5 cluster

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Christmas Tree Cluster area with Trumpler 5 cluster, George Hatfield
Christmas Tree Cluster area with Trumpler 5 cluster
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Christmas Tree Cluster area with Trumpler 5 cluster

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The data for this image are from Wei Hao Wang's image repository (https://www.astrobin.com/mjhcd5/) and consisted of 4.3 hours of Pentax 645Z (modified) images.  The telescope was a Takahashi TOA 150 (1100 mm) located in Taiwan.   The images from this camera are very large and the image shown here is 65% of the original size.  The downloaded images were calibrated with the provided flats and darks using WBPP.  Processing was done using Pixinsight.  Minor adjustments were made using Photoshop.   GraXpert AI was used to remove gradients.

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Christmas Tree Cluster area with Trumpler 5 cluster, George Hatfield