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

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The complex of Nebulosity which contains the Cone / Fox Fur / Christmas Tree and NGC2264 has presented lots of different shapes to different Imagers - a veritable Rorschach Test. I swear that I see a "Chicken-Lizard" with the Cone delineating the beak and the Christmas Tree forming the body and the Fox Fur as the thigh of the powerful hind leg - there is even a whisp that makes a good whip tail.

Imaged just before Thanksgiving at our SE AZ Dark Site (TAAA CAC).

Scope: Orion 8in Astrograph

Mount: CGEM

Guide: MMAG

Exposure: 22x300s

Camera: Canon 550D Modded

Capture: BackyardEOS v3.1.0

Process: DSS, ACDSeePro8

NGC2264 8Astro 550D 22x300s 800ISO MaFlats MaDarks MaBias DSS 1d -hlgv nr2 cl15

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NGC2264 and Cone / Fox Fur / Christmas Tree Nebulae, seigell