Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  Christmas Tree Cluster  ·  NGC 2251  ·  NGC 2254  ·  NGC 2259  ·  NGC 2264  ·  NGC 2265  ·  The star 14 Mon  ·  The star 15 Mon  ·  The star 16 Mon
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NGC 2264 The Christmas Tree Nebula in Ha-OIII-RGB, black-forest astronomy
NGC 2264 The Christmas Tree Nebula in Ha-OIII-RGB
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NGC 2264 The Christmas Tree Nebula in Ha-OIII-RGB

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NGC 2264 The Christmas Tree Nebula in Ha-OIII-RGB, black-forest astronomy
NGC 2264 The Christmas Tree Nebula in Ha-OIII-RGB
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NGC 2264 The Christmas Tree Nebula in Ha-OIII-RGB

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NGC 2264 has been an object I've been wanting to image for a long time, with only moderate success so far. Now I was able to photograph vast amounts of gas in 622 individual images. The star cluster is about 2500 light years away from us.In total I was able to photograph 210x300 sec H-alpha, 142x300 sec O-III and 90x60 sec each in RGB, resulting in a total exposure time of 33.8 hours.The colors come from combining Ha as red and green and O-III as green and blue. The stars are recorded in RGB.

It is an image from my city balcony. The moon was from about 60 to 98%.

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NGC 2264 The Christmas Tree Nebula in Ha-OIII-RGB, black-forest astronomy