Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  15 S Mon  ·  B39  ·  Christmas Tree cluster  ·  Cone nebula  ·  NGC 2259  ·  NGC 2264  ·  PK201+02.1  ·  Sh2-273  ·  The star 15Mon
NGC 2264 The Cone Nebula in HaLRGB, Eshan Toorabally
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NGC 2264 The Cone Nebula in HaLRGB

NGC 2264 The Cone Nebula in HaLRGB, Eshan Toorabally
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NGC 2264 The Cone Nebula in HaLRGB

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Widefield image of the Cone Nebula and its surroundings. The Cone Nebula lies about 2700 light years from Earth and, along with the Christmas Tree Cluster, forms NGC 2264. This object lies within the Monoceros constellation and is about 7 light years long. Also visible close to the Cone is the Fox Fur Nebula.

A notable image for me in that I tried a new processing technique for merging my Ha data with RGB and L. I used the excellent Light Vortex tutorial on this and this method makes it much easier to bring in the Ha, without unbalancing the star colour.

Thanks for looking!

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