Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  15 S Mon  ·  B39  ·  Christmas Tree cluster  ·  Cone nebula  ·  NGC 2264  ·  Sh2-273  ·  The star 15Mon
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Christmas Tree Cluster, Jeff Coldrey
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Christmas Tree Cluster

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Christmas Tree Cluster

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This image has been in the works since last Christmas.

Sincere apologies for it being very much out of season.

But I find it so hard to stop tinkering!

I've taken the liberty of using amateur public data kindly shared by Jim Misti (http://www.mistisoftware.com/astronomy/).

Takahashi FSQ-106N

SBIG STL-11k Camera

SBIG LRGB filters:

16 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned

5 x 5 minutes each R/G/B unbinned

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Christmas Tree Cluster, Jeff Coldrey