NGC2264 - Christmas Treet Cluster and Cone Nebula

Tthis is the Christmas Tree Cluster and Cone Nebula in the Constellation of Monoceros and is about 2600 light years from earth.

 

The image consists of:

8x600S frames in R, G and B respectively

21x600S frames in Luminance

18x1200S 3nm HA Frames from Adam Shewan

25 Darks

25 Flats for each filter

 

The data was gathered on the following dates

16th January 2016

2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 14th February 2016

11th March 2016

 

Equipment Used:

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8 Pro

Telescope: Celestron Telescopes C80ED

Imaging CameraCamera: Atik Cameras 383L+ Mono CCD Cooled to -20C

Guide Camera: Qhyccd QHY5L-II

Filter Wheel: Starlight Xpress Ltd 7x36mm EFW

Off Axis Guider: Teleskop-Service Ransburg TS9-OAG

Imaging Software: Main Sequence Software Sequence Generator Pro

Dark/Flat Processing: Stark-Labs Nebulosity 3.0

Stacking: Maxim DL

Post Processing: CS5, Noise Ninja, HLVG

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