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Cone Nebula – Christmas Tree Cluster – NGC 2264, Thomas Ammann
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Cone Nebula – Christmas Tree Cluster – NGC 2264

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Cone Nebula – Christmas Tree Cluster – NGC 2264, Thomas Ammann
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Cone Nebula – Christmas Tree Cluster – NGC 2264

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Waste region HII at 2700 LY with the Fox Fur nebula surprisingly well drawn.

A new experience with the brand new TEC 140 telescope - finally delivered after a 2-year wait - which contributed, mainly for the HII images, for 5.5 hours (300s) out of a total of 22 hours (the rest achieved by the FSQ-106 and FSQ-85, 420 and 600s) in 3 nights.

The more openness of the TEC 140 is reflected in more detail in the dark regions, with the bright regions being very well represented by the FSQs. Using the 0.72 AP reducer makes the TEC 140 image perfectly flat with little stars everywhere.

Very happy that my Tak EM-200 mount seems to handle the weight of the new TEC 140 (+/- 1 arcsecond) just fine.Let's go for new star adventures ;-)

Thanks to  @Nicola Beltraminelli  for the night shared for the same object of the sky and the advices !

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Cone Nebula – Christmas Tree Cluster – NGC 2264, Thomas Ammann