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NGC 2264 - The Cone Nebula in Hydrogen-Alpha, lefty7283
NGC 2264 - The Cone Nebula in Hydrogen-Alpha
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NGC 2264 - The Cone Nebula in Hydrogen-Alpha

NGC 2264 - The Cone Nebula in Hydrogen-Alpha, lefty7283
NGC 2264 - The Cone Nebula in Hydrogen-Alpha
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NGC 2264 - The Cone Nebula in Hydrogen-Alpha

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Acquisition details

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Description

Captured on February 13th, 2019 from a bortle 7 zone.



**Equipment:**

* TPO 6" F/4 Imaging Newtonian

* Orion Sirius EQ-G

* ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro

* Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector

* ZWO EFW 8x1.25"/31mm

* Astrodon H-alpha 5nm 31mm



* Agena 50mm Deluxe Straight-Through Guide Scope

* ZWO ASI-120MC for guiding

* Deep Sky Dad Autofocuser

**Acquisition:** 2 hours 55 minutes (Camera at Unity Gain, -20°C)

* Ha- 35x300"

* Darks- 30

* Flats- 30

**Capture Software:**

* EQMod mount control. Captured using [N.I.N.A.](https://nighttime-imaging.eu/) and PHD2 for guiding and dithering.

**PixInsight Processing:**

* BatchPreProcessing

* [Blink](https://youtu.be/sJeuWZNWImE?t=40)

* ImageIntegration

* DynamicCrop

* AutomaticBackgroundExtraction

* TVG/MMT Noise Reduction

* MaskedStretch

* ACDNR

* [Curve](https://i.imgur.com/sIeMJpM.jpg)Adjustmemts

* DarkStructureEnhance

* MorphologicalTransformation

* Annotation

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