Antoine Grelin
NGC 2264 - Xmas Tree Narrowband
80 hours on the Christmas Tree and Cone Nebula
My longest integration yet, beating the 61 hours I did on the Seagull and Thor Nebulae.
I captured this target throughout November, December, and January. It is NGC 2264, also known as the Christmas Tree cluster and Cone Nebula.
I spent close to 82 hours capturing this object, using 6 different filters (RGB for the stars, SHO for the gases).
The details are very crisp, the noise is basically non-existent, and the colors came out vibrant! This was a fun project, and I was very surprised to see this range of colors pop up so easily even after a simple channel combination.
Full blog post with all info, higher resolution image, and previous attempts here: www.galactic-hunter.com/post/ngc2264
Instagram: galactic.hunter
NGC 2264 - Xmas Tree Narrowband
80 hours on the Christmas Tree and Cone Nebula
My longest integration yet, beating the 61 hours I did on the Seagull and Thor Nebulae.
I captured this target throughout November, December, and January. It is NGC 2264, also known as the Christmas Tree cluster and Cone Nebula.
I spent close to 82 hours capturing this object, using 6 different filters (RGB for the stars, SHO for the gases).
The details are very crisp, the noise is basically non-existent, and the colors came out vibrant! This was a fun project, and I was very surprised to see this range of colors pop up so easily even after a simple channel combination.
Full blog post with all info, higher resolution image, and previous attempts here: www.galactic-hunter.com/post/ngc2264
Instagram: galactic.hunter