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NGC 2264 Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster, Tom Wildoner
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NGC 2264 Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster

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NGC 2264 - The Cone Nebula and the Christmas Tree Cluster in the constellation Monoceros. This is a work in progress, I still want to add another 60-120 minutes of data to bring out the details.

PHOTO DETAILS: photographed on January 3, 2014 under good conditions and includes 25 x 60 second exposures (total 25 minutes), 10 bias and 8 dark frames. A Canon T4i and Canon EF400mm f/5.6L USM lens at ISO 800 were used. The camera was mounted on a ZEQ25GT mount from iOptron. Photo's were stacked in ImagesPlus and final editing done in Corel PaintshopPro X6 and X5.

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NGC 2264 Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster, Tom Wildoner