Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  Christmas Tree Cluster  ·  IC 447  ·  IC 448  ·  NGC 2264  ·  The star 13 Mon  ·  The star 14 Mon  ·  The star 15 Mon  ·  The star 16 Mon  ·  The star 17 Mon
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Emission around the Cone Nebula in narrowband, David Elmore
Emission around the Cone Nebula in narrowband
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Emission around the Cone Nebula in narrowband

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Emission around the Cone Nebula in narrowband, David Elmore
Emission around the Cone Nebula in narrowband
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Emission around the Cone Nebula in narrowband

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This is a wide-field narrowband capture of the molecular cloud that surrounds the Cone Nebula.  It, the Christmas Tree Nebula and the Fox Fur Nebula are all about 2700 light years distant.  Also in the field are Hubble's Variable Nebula that shows up white and IC 2169 to the right.  This version has Hydrogen-alpha as red and Oxygen III as blue and green.  Sulfur II is encoded as yellow.  Stars slightly reduced in AstroPixelProcessor

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Emission around the Cone Nebula in narrowband, David Elmore

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