NGC2264

NGC2264, the Christmas Tree Cluster in Widefield, shot in the night of December 3rd and 7. NGC2264 is located in the Monoceros constellation, some nice objects can be found here: The Cone Nebula, Hubble's Variable Nebula, the orange star cluster Trumpler 5 and some more. To bring out the red nebula, I have combined the RGB with the Ha data shot in the second night.

Camera: Canon EOS 600D, modified

Lens: Canon EF 200 L 2.8 @ f/4

Mount: Celestron AVX

Guiding: ALccd5L-IIc with PHD

Shot Info: 13 x 600s (RGB), ISO 800, total time 130 minutes, 20 bias, no darks, no flats

12 x 900s (Ha 12nm Clip Filter), ISO 800, total time 180 minutes, 20 bias, no darks, 18 flats

Software: APT for Imaging, processing with DeepSkyStacker and Pixinsight

 

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