NGC 2264 Region - Starless - Explored October 30, 2022

The Christmas Tree Cluster is a young open cluster located in the constellation Monoceros. Included are the Cone Nebula and the Fox Fur Nebula. It is located in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way.

Unfortunately, I still have not been able to get out due to shoulder issues but hopefully after the next operation in November and some recovery time, I should be back into it.

This is a reprocess of some older data, using HA, and RGB filters.

 

Equipment Details:

•Skywatcher Black Diamond 80ED Refractor

•Skywatcher HEQ5 Mount

•SBIG ST2000xm CCD Camera cooled to -20'c

•SBIG CFw8 Filter Wheel

•Custom Scientific Red, Green, Blue Filters

•Astronomic 12NM Ha Filter

•Orion ST80 Guide Scope

•Orion Starshoot Autoguider Guide Camera

 

Exposure Details:

•Ha 15X300 seconds - Bin 1x1

•Red 10X300 seconds - Bin 1x1

•Green 10X300 seconds - Bin 1x1

•Blue 10X300 seconds - Bin 1x1

 

Total Integration Time: 4.35 hours

Done