Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  15 S Mon  ·  Christmas Tree Cluster  ·  NGC 2264  ·  Sh2-273  ·  The star 15Mon
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Christmas Tree Cluster 2019-2021 Ha RGB, John Willis
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Christmas Tree Cluster 2019-2021 Ha RGB

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Christmas Tree Cluster 2019-2021 Ha RGB, John Willis
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Christmas Tree Cluster 2019-2021 Ha RGB

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It's January, so it's time to throw out the Christmas Tree (cluster)! Also contains the Cone and Foxfur nebula. This one is a combination of images taken very far apart. I shot the color and stars with iTelescope.net's remote RASA telescope and color camera in New Mexico this week, and I combined it with a hydrogen alpha filtered shot I took from the Plano backyard in Dec 2019 to enhance the nebula detail.

2 very different telescopes and cameras, but it all came together with some brute force and processing. About 2 hours Color exposure @ F2 and 2.5 hours Ha @F3.

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Christmas Tree Cluster 2019-2021 Ha RGB, John Willis