NGC2264 (Joe Matthews)

NGC2264

Revision title: Trying to make it better

On this rainy day I decided to reprocess NGC2264 I still used Siril and pieces of PixInsight, which I still haven't gotten the hang of, but will keep working toward proficiency of PixInsight. I will revise this image again at some point with PixInsight. This revision I decided to process with Drizzle.

NGC 2264 - Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree ClusterNGC 2264 designates both the Cone Nebula and the Christmas Tree Cluster, related objects appearing in the constellation Monoceros.The Chrismas Tree Cluster and the Cone Nebula were both discovered by William Herschel; he discovered the cluster in 1784, and the nebula in 1785.NGC 2264 is a large, bright cluster easily visible in finder scopes and binoculars. It consists of about 80 stars from 8th magnitude, and spans half a degree. NGC 2264 is embedded in an extensive but tenuous nebulosity, which may be glimpsed with larger telescopes under clear, dark skies. At the south end of the cluster lies the famous "Cone Nebula", an object that is difficult to detect visually.The cluster spans some 20 light years, and lies about 2,600 light years away. The nebula belongs to a much larger complex, which is currently an active star forming region.

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Description: I ran this image through the Pixinsight script "Dark Structure Enhance". I am not sure if the process made an difference, but it does look different than the original.

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Title: Maybe better maybe not NGC2264

Description: I am not sure if this version is any better than the originals.

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Title: Trying to make it better

Description: I had some time today while my eyes recover from the dilation drops applied during my eye doctors appointment today. I think this image is a bit better than my last.

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RA (center)	06h40m56s.85
RA (top/left)	06h44m16s.30
RA (top/right)	06h38m11s.66
RA (bottom/right)	06h37m38s.27
RA (bottom/left)	06h43m41s.31

Dec (center)	+09°53′44″.8
Dec (top/left)	+10°34′14″.9
Dec (top/right)	+10°42′43″.5
Dec (bottom/right)	+09°13′05″.7
Dec (bottom/left)	+09°04′39″.10

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