NGC 2264 - Cone Area ITU RH 200 First Light

Imaging telescope or lens: Officina Stellare Veloce RH 200 MKII Gus

Imaging camera: FLI MicroLine 8300 CCD-camera FLI

Mount: Paramount-ME

Software: Pixinsight 1.8

Filters: Astronomik Deep-Sky R Filter, Astronomik Deep-Sky B Filter, Astronomik Deep-Sky G Filter, Astronomik L2 Lum, Astronomik Ha 6nm

Accessory: FLI Atlas

Resolution: 3146x2484

Dates: Dec. 21, 2017, Dec. 22, 2017, Dec. 23, 2017

Frames:

Astronomik Deep-Sky B Filter: 19x300" bin 1x1

Astronomik Deep-Sky G Filter: 19x300" bin 1x1

Astronomik Deep-Sky R Filter: 19x300" bin 1x1

Astronomik Ha 6nm: 38x300" bin 1x1

Astronomik L2 Lum: 31x300" bin 1x1

Integration: 10.5 hours

Locations: Image The Universe Remote Telescopes, Fregenal de la Sierra, Extremadura, Spain

 

The new RH 200 MKII is nearly ready to roll - a few tweaks yet to be done to improve a few aspects but nothing major. The test data was very nice, hopefully, the image demonstrates that.

 

At just 10.5 hours including Ha the benefits of such a fast scope are clear to see.

 

As well as the nice blue reflection around the Christmas Tree Cluster area which structurally seems to be lifted out from the red emissions, I was also interested to see the nice yellow tones appearing just below the cone.

 

Hope you enjoy.

Done