NGC 2264 Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster

NGC 2264 Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster

NGC 2264 Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster - Cropped Image
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106N
Mount: EM-200 Temma 2
Camera: SBIG STL-11000M; Astrodon LRGB and H-alpha filters
Guidescope: Vixen 60x700 with SBIG Guiding Head
Exposure: 50 minutes luminance; (5min exposures); 40-45 minutes RGB each; (5min exposures); 120 minutes H-alpha (15 minute exposures).
Image Processing: MaximDL and Photoshop
Date / Location: 28 January 2011; Chiefland Astronomy Village

NGC 2264 Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster - Full Field Image
The cone nebula and Christmas tree cluster and associated fox fur nebula are in Monoceros constellation about 2600 light years distant in the Orion arm of the Milky Way. Hubble's variable nebula (NGC 2261) is in 2 O'Clock position relative to the cone nebula.