Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  15 S Mon  ·  B39  ·  Christmas Tree Cluster  ·  Hubble's variable neb  ·  NGC 2259  ·  NGC 2261  ·  NGC 2264  ·  PK201+02.1  ·  Sh2-273  ·  The star 15Mon
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Christmas Tree Cluster / Cone Nebula/ HaLRGB / NGC 2264, Chris King
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Christmas Tree Cluster / Cone Nebula/ HaLRGB / NGC 2264

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Christmas Tree Cluster / Cone Nebula/ HaLRGB / NGC 2264, Chris King
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Christmas Tree Cluster / Cone Nebula/ HaLRGB / NGC 2264

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NGC 2264 is a combination of two astronomical objects: the Cone Nebula and the Christmas Tree Cluster. They are located in the Monoceros constellation, 2600 light-years away from usI spent 25 hours collecting data for Ha, Luminance, Red, Green, and Blue in a dark site located in Marathon, Texas, which has the sky of Bortle Scale of level 2. Hope you guys like it.

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Christmas Tree Cluster / Cone Nebula/ HaLRGB / NGC 2264, Chris King