Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  Christmas Tree Cluster  ·  NGC 2259  ·  NGC 2264  ·  The star 15 Mon
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NGC 2264 - The Cone [Christmas Tree] Nebula in SHO, Robert Khoury
NGC 2264 - The Cone [Christmas Tree] Nebula in SHO
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NGC 2264 - The Cone [Christmas Tree] Nebula in SHO

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NGC 2264 - The Cone [Christmas Tree] Nebula in SHO, Robert Khoury
NGC 2264 - The Cone [Christmas Tree] Nebula in SHO
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NGC 2264 - The Cone [Christmas Tree] Nebula in SHO

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I was able to sneak in some imaging time in between wintery and cloudy weather (always always always during the new moon). I did not hit my typical goal 15-20 hours of data however I felt the final image came much better than I expected with what I had time to capture. I initially processed NGC 2264 in HOO and was going to forget Sii as clouds seemed forever on the horizon. But an opening occurred a few days ago and I was able to get just shy of 4 hours of Sii. Adding sulfur made a huge difference when I compared the two final images.

This was also my first time imaging with a recently purchased used Chroma Oiii 36mm filter. I was able to buy an adapter for 2'' filter wheel and was very pleased to see it working well. Compared to the Antlia I feel the Chroma performed much better when I looked at my averages in Subframe Selector and no halos found so far.

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NGC 2264 - The Cone [Christmas Tree] Nebula in SHO, Robert Khoury