Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  15 S Mon  ·  Christmas Tree Cluster  ·  LBN 911  ·  LBN 912  ·  LDN 1613  ·  NGC 2264  ·  Sh2-273  ·  The star 15Mon
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NGC2264 The Christmas Tree Cluster, David Wheaton
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NGC2264 The Christmas Tree Cluster

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NGC2264 The Christmas Tree Cluster, David Wheaton
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NGC2264 The Christmas Tree Cluster

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This image is a compilation of 2 nights of image capture on 2 Dec 2021 and 3 Dec 2021 in two different locations and sky darkness.  Two hours of data was collected in my backyard in 40 subframes of 180 seconds under a Bortle 4 sky on 2 Dec.  Two more hours of data was collected in Death Valley, CA in 20 subframes of 360 sec under a Bortle 2 sky on 3 Dec.  PixInsight was used for processing with a final denoise step using Topaz Labs Denoise AI.

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NGC2264 The Christmas Tree Cluster, David Wheaton