Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  Christmas Tree cluster  ·  Cone nebula  ·  Hubble's variable neb  ·  NGC 2261  ·  NGC 2264  ·  The star 15Mon
Cone Nebula and Christmas tree - NGC 2264, Prabhakar
Cone Nebula and Christmas tree - NGC 2264
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Cone Nebula and Christmas tree - NGC 2264

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NGC 2264 is the designation number of the New General Catalogue that identifies two astronomical objects as a single object: the Cone Nebula, and the Christmas Tree Cluster.

All of the objects are located in the Monoceros constellation and are located about 800 parsecs or 2600 light-years from Earth.

NGC 2261 (also known as Hubble's Variable Nebula or Caldwell 46) is a variable nebula located in the constellation Monoceros (Bottom right). It is illuminated by the star R Monocerotis (R Mon), which is not directly visible.

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Ha - 20 x 10mins

RGB - 5 each of 5 mins, 2xBinned

Captured at Area63, South Florida.

Stack and aligned using MaximDL and Post processed using PixInsight.

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Cone Nebula and Christmas tree - NGC 2264, Prabhakar