The Fox Fur and Cone Nebulas (Gary Lopez)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Monoceros (Mon) · Contains: 15 S Mon · B39 · Christmas Tree cluster · Cone nebula · NGC 2259 · NGC 2264 · PK201+02.1 · Sh2-273 · The star 15Mon

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The Fox Fur and Cone Nebulas

Link: https://www.garylopezphotography.com

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The Fox Fur and Cone Nebulas

Link: https://www.garylopezphotography.com

The astrophotography gods always seem to even out our image-creating experiences, the good with the bad. My last image, Flaming Star Nebula, was a frustrating series of sessions to get the data and more than a week of processing in a vain attempt to develop the image I had envisioned. This image, the Fox Fur and Cone Nebulas (NGC2264), was without struggle. The data were collected in three successive sessions and upon assembling the subs, there was no need for additional processing. There was the image, just as I had envisioned.

UPDATE: This final image is a complete reprocessing of the original data. My Astrobin colleague, Alan Pham, suggested an approach that substantially improved the contrast of the image by eliminating some acquisition artifacts. He was right. The approach requires careful analysis of each channel (Ha, OIII, and SII) and filtering out non-signal glow. Thanks to Alan for his guidance.

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PixInsight job	12OM97UIVRZRAXYM0M0B7IF1VQ6ZQDDJ
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RA (center)	06h39m31s.10
RA (top/left)	06h38m49s.24
RA (top/right)	06h44m36s.50
RA (bottom/right)	06h40m12s.94
RA (bottom/left)	06h34m23s.81

Dec (center)	+10°13′20″.10
Dec (top/left)	+08°47′23″.4
Dec (top/right)	+09°30′38″.10
Dec (bottom/right)	+11°39′14″.2
Dec (bottom/left)	+10°55′45″.6

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