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 Conjurer and the Christmas Tree, Andrew Barton
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The Conjurer and the Christmas Tree

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The Conjurer and the Christmas Tree

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Description

NGC 2264 is traditionally the Christmas Tree and Cone nebula. But this wider field view of the area evokes a wizard standing on a cliff creating a fireball and getting ready to smite his target (at least that’s what it looks like to me).

This image was taken in RGB with Ha blended into both the red channel and the synthetic luminance channel. Using Ha allowed me to pull out detail that was hard to gather using just RGB from my suburban skies.

Imaging details

Red: 110 x 45 sec, gain 75

Green: 110 x 45 sec, gain 75

Blue: 110 x 45 sec, gain 75

Ha: 160 x 120 sec, gain 139

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The Conjurer and the Christmas Tree, Andrew Barton