The Cone Nebula wide field (Aleix Roig)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Monoceros (Mon) · Contains: 15 S Mon · B37 · B38 · B39 · Christmas Tree Cluster · IC 2169 · IC 446 · IC 447 · LBN 895 · LBN 898 · LBN 899 · LBN 901 · LBN 902 · LBN 903 · LBN 904 · LBN 911 · LBN 912 · LDN 1605 · LDN 1607 · LDN 1609 · LDN 1610 · LDN 1613 · NGC 2245 · NGC 2247 · NGC 2259 · NGC 2264 · PK201+02.1 · Sh2-273 · The star 15Mon · VdB77 · And 2 more.

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The Cone Nebula is part of a vast HII region located 2,700 light-years away from Earth in the Monoceros constellation. In this wide field image, composed by a 2 panne mosaic, we can also see several dark and reflection nebulae. The main deep sky objects in this field are NGC2264 (Cone Nebula), IC447 (a bluish reflection nebula, with also some faint Ha data inside), LBN899, LBN902 and LDN 1610. We can also see an open star cluster, Cr105, next to the Cone Nebula.

To capture this image I used my dual FSQ setup. The FSQ85 was only used to capture Ha data (shown in red in the image), while the FSQ106, at a higher resolution, was used for the LRGB filters.

Details:FSQ106:L: (216+203) x 300" (18h+16h55')RGB: (19/16,18/16,18/16) x 300" (4h35'+4h)FSQ85:Ha: (308+269) x 300" (25h40'+22h25') Calibrated with darks, flats and dark-flats. Total exposure: 91h35' Moon at 25% (on average)Image resolution: 1.46”/pixelFOV (full image): 3º04'x2º25' (30.7 full moons) Equipment: FSQ106 EDX4 + ASI2600MM + LRGB Astrodon filters + Ha3nm Antlia - with ZWO EFW 7 posFSQ85 + ASI294MM + SHO LRGB Baader filters - with ZWO EFW 8 posMesu200 mountGuiding with ASI120MM and ZWO Mini Guide Scope Aleix Roig, March 2022
Prades (Tarragona, Catalonia - Spain).

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RA (center)	06h36m12s.45
RA (top/left)	06h42m32s.81
RA (top/right)	06h29m59s.19
RA (bottom/right)	06h29m55s.39
RA (bottom/left)	06h42m22s.95

Dec (center)	+10°25′40″.8
Dec (top/left)	+11°36′54″.7
Dec (top/right)	+11°38′59″.4
Dec (bottom/right)	+09°14′02″.8
Dec (bottom/left)	+09°11′57″.4

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