Contains:  Other
The Cone, Christmas Tree & Fox Fur  NGC2264, Terry Hancock

The Cone, Christmas Tree & Fox Fur NGC2264

The Cone, Christmas Tree & Fox Fur  NGC2264, Terry Hancock

The Cone, Christmas Tree & Fox Fur NGC2264

Description

Lying at a distance of approximately 2700 light years in the constellation Monoceros, here is The Cone Nebula (left of centre), The Christmas Tree Star Cluster (right of center) and The Fox Fur Nebula (below centre to the right).

View On Instagram

www.instagram.com/p/BSOcMOij8P-/?taken-by=hancockterry&am...

Captured in LRGB and H-alpha with the QHY163M CMOS Mono, for Gain and Offset I used the DSO setting Gain 17 and Offset 77

Total Integration Time 4.25 Hours



Technical Information

Location: Whitewater Colorado

Captured March 17 and 24th 2017

Size: 4656x3522 pixels

LRGB 120min 10x180 sec

H-Alpha 135min 27x300 sec

QHY163M Monochrome COLDMOS cooled to -30C

QHYCFW2-M 7 position Filter Wheel

QHYOAG-M Off Axis Guider

Filters by Optolong (H-Alpha 7nm)

Astro-Tech AT130 APO Refractor @F5.6

Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition Maxim DL

Pre Processing Pixinsight

Post Processing Photoshop CS6

StarSpikes Pro

The last time I captured this area was together with my good friend Robert Fields

www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/13759391413/in/datepos...



Comments

Histogram

The Cone, Christmas Tree & Fox Fur  NGC2264, Terry Hancock