Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  Christmas Tree cluster  ·  Cone nebula  ·  IC 2169  ·  NGC 2251  ·  NGC 2264  ·  The star 15Mon  ·  The star 16Mon  ·  The star 17Mon
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Cone Nebula & Christmas Tree - Wide Field, DeepSkyView
Cone Nebula & Christmas Tree - Wide Field
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Cone Nebula & Christmas Tree - Wide Field

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Cone Nebula & Christmas Tree - Wide Field, DeepSkyView
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Cone Nebula & Christmas Tree - Wide Field

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This is a very wide field monochrome image of the region around the Cone Nebula and the Christmas Tree Cluster. They are sitting in the middle of a much larger emission nebula with lots of structures.

Composed of more than 6 hours of Ha data taken from my backyard in the light-polluted Frankfurt area – Bortle class 7 (red zone). This is the first serious attempt with my new Samyang 135mm f/2.0 lens, stopped down to f/2.8 to improve the star shapes in the corners. Compared to my attempts with other 135 mm lenses the Samyang is almost perfect.

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Cone Nebula & Christmas Tree - Wide Field, DeepSkyView