Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  Christmas Tree cluster  ·  Cone nebula  ·  NGC 2264  ·  The star 15Mon
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Cone Nebula and Fox Fur Nebula, NGC2264, Luigi_morrone_1979
Cone Nebula and Fox Fur Nebula, NGC2264
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Cone Nebula and Fox Fur Nebula, NGC2264

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Cone Nebula and Fox Fur Nebula, NGC2264, Luigi_morrone_1979
Cone Nebula and Fox Fur Nebula, NGC2264
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Cone Nebula and Fox Fur Nebula, NGC2264

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The Cone Nebula, located about 2700 light years away, was discovered by William Herschel on December 26, 1785. Features in the image include red emission from diffuse interstellar hydrogen and wispy filaments of dark dust. The dark Cone Nebula region clearly contains much dust which blocks light from the emission nebula and open cluster NGC 2264 behind it. One hypothesis holds that the Cone Nebula is formed by wind particles from an energetic source blowing past the Bok Globule at the head of the cone.

The image was created using the Hubble color palette, with Sii, Ha and OIII data mapped to red, green and blue respectively.

The image was taken by the following setup:

C14 Edge HD, Hyperstar f/1.9, Fornax52 mount, ASI 1600MMPRO@-15°C, Baader Highspeed filter f/2 Ha, OIII and SII.

Integration:

Ha 2.3h

OIII 1.3h

SII 1.3h

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Cone Nebula and Fox Fur Nebula, NGC2264, Luigi_morrone_1979