Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  Christmas Tree Cluster  ·  NGC 2259  ·  NGC 2264  ·  The star 15Mon  ·  The star 16Mon
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NGC 2264 - Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster, DustSpeakers
NGC 2264 - Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster
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NGC 2264 - Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster

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NGC 2264 - Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster

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A bit late for the Christmas season but...

...the Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster are about 2,600 light years away in the constellation of Monoceros.

11 Mar 2021 - Added 80 x 120s Ha data

25 Feb 2021 - Added 80 x 120s Ha data, but cloudy and 99% Moon

Taken over 2 nights (Feb 10 and Feb 12 2021) from Bortle 5 back garden in UK with Ha narrowband for the first night and RGB filters for the second night.

All imaging done with just an Ioptron Skyguider Pro with no guiding and Redcat 51 / ASI 1600MM

- Ha 60 x 120s

- R 27 x 120s

- G 27 x 120s

- B 30 x 120s

- 30 each of Bias, Drks and Flats

Processed in APP, StarTools and Gimp.

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Description: Added 150 x 120s more Ha data

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NGC 2264 - Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster, DustSpeakers