Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  Christmas Tree Cluster  ·  NGC 2264  ·  The star 15Mon
NGC2264 - Cone nebula - Ha enhanced LRGB, Volker Gutsmann
NGC2264 - Cone nebula - Ha enhanced LRGB
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NGC2264 - Cone nebula - Ha enhanced LRGB

NGC2264 - Cone nebula - Ha enhanced LRGB, Volker Gutsmann
NGC2264 - Cone nebula - Ha enhanced LRGB
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NGC2264 - Cone nebula - Ha enhanced LRGB

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The NGC 2264 area contains the cone nebula itself and the Christmas tree cluster, but there is also the so-called fox fur nebula. The Christmas tree cluster also featured a nice reflexion nebula. Wikipedia says : "The Christmas Tree star formation consists of young stars obscured by heavy layers of dust clouds. These dust clouds, along with hydrogen and helium are producing luminous new stars."All in all - a really fascinating target.

I approached this target mainly by gathering LRGB. Additionally, Ha data was used to enhance the R channel. The total integration time was

@2h Ha
@3h RGB
@3h L

Processing took a while but in the end I am quite happy with the result.

Hope you enjoy this too.

All the best in these troubled times
CS Volker

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NGC2264 - Cone nebula - Ha enhanced LRGB, Volker Gutsmann

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