NGC 2264 The Cone Nebula and the Christmas Tree Cluster (Steeve Body)

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NGC 2264 The Cone Nebula and the Christmas Tree Cluster

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NGC 2264 The Cone Nebula and the Christmas Tree Cluster

I wanted to get this one finished before xmas... but clouds had other ideas... anyhow I finally managed to finish this image!

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NGC 2264 is a star-forming region located in the constellation Monoceros. It is also known as the Cone Nebula due to its shape, which is formed by a dark, cone-shaped dust cloud that appears to be pointing towards a bright cluster of stars known as the Christmas Tree Cluster. The Cone Nebula is a popular target for astronomical observation due to its striking shape and the bright young stars that can be found within it. The Christmas Tree Cluster, officially named NGC 2264, is an open cluster of stars located within the Cone Nebula. It is so named because it appears to resemble a Christmas tree with the bright stars of the cluster forming the shape of a tree and the dark nebula resembling the trunk and branches.

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This image was processed with an SHO palette and RGB stars. It is a tricky target to get right in terms of colours, especially balancing the Oxygen which is faint with very little structure to it. The Sulphur on the other end has some nice filament structure near the Christmas tree cluster that is not as strong in the Ha layer. So I have made a master luminance combining both Ha and Sii filters to retain these features as much as possible. Overall I'm pretty please with the results and the level of details I managed to get.

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RA (center)	06h40m49s.24
RA (top/left)	06h42m02s.29
RA (top/right)	06h43m27s.20
RA (bottom/right)	06h39m35s.81
RA (bottom/left)	06h38m11s.76

Dec (center)	+09°50′04″.1
Dec (top/left)	+09°03′57″.1
Dec (top/right)	+10°20′45″.8
Dec (bottom/right)	+10°36′10″.7
Dec (bottom/left)	+09°19′18″.5

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