Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  Christmas Tree Cluster  ·  NGC 2264  ·  The star 15 Mon
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37 Minutes(!) on the Christmas Tree Cluster (LRGB), David
37 Minutes(!) on the Christmas Tree Cluster (LRGB)
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37 Minutes(!) on the Christmas Tree Cluster (LRGB)

Revision title: Reprocessed and Color-Calibrated

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37 Minutes(!) on the Christmas Tree Cluster (LRGB), David
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37 Minutes(!) on the Christmas Tree Cluster (LRGB)

Revision title: Reprocessed and Color-Calibrated

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NGC2264, the Christmas Tree Cluster, with the Fox Fur Nebula, center-right, and the Cone Nebula, lower right, in the constellation Monoceros, 2,700 light years from Earth. The red regions of this nebula are caused by hydrogen gas that has been stimulated to emit its own light by the copious ultraviolet radiation coming from the hot, blue stars of the cluster. The blue areas are mainly dust clouds that reflect the bluish light of the same stars (Wikipedia). The wind and clouds at this year's Winter Star Party combined to severely limit imaging time and my ability to capture steady time-exposure data, and so this is my only image from the event. Total integration time: 37 MINUTES! Thank goodness for the WSP's dark skies. I'll return to this object for a better view when I can. For what I was able to capture, though, I'm pleased with the result.

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37 Minutes(!) on the Christmas Tree Cluster (LRGB), David