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

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The Cone Nebula, Don Walters
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The Cone Nebula

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Shot on several nights from January to March. I was worried that the cone itself would be too small in such a wide frame, but it turned out much better than I expected.

I had some trouble at first with the left half being brighter than the right half, but I resolved it by just cropping out the problem areas. Once I did that, processing was a breeze, but I really hated to crop so much out. I also used Exponential Transformation, which I think may have brightened it up too much, but it really brought out some detail, so I decided to keep it.

In the lower left corner is Hubble's Variable Nebula, which I was really pleased to capture in the shot.

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The Cone Nebula, Don Walters