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The Cone Nebula is an H II region in the constellation of Monoceros. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1785. The nebula is located 2,700 light-years away from Earth.
It surely looks like an outburst of pure energy from the dark side. Data from Telescope-live in Chile. 6 hours of exposure in narrow band SHO.
Object: NGC 2264-The Cone and Christmas Tree Nebula (bicolor) – 2021
NGC 2264 (also known as The Cone and Christmas Tree Nebula) is an emission nebula found in the constellation Monoceros about 2600 light years from Earth. Also contained with in the nebula is the Snowflake Cluster.
Details:
- Imaging telescope or lens: Celestron EdgeHD 11 Celestron 11" Edge HD @f/7
- Imaging camera: FLI MicroLine ML16200
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1100 GTO CP4
- Guiding telescope or lens: Celestron OAG Deluxe
- Guiding camera: ZWO ASI174 Mini
- Focal reducer: Celestron .7x Focal Reducer, for 11 HD
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley
- Imaging location: Western Massachusetts
- Imaging date: January 8th to January 11th 2021
Accessories: Optec FastFocus C-11 SMFS, FLI CFW-7
Filters:
- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm
- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm
Exposure TImes:
- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 13 x 30min. (390min) bin 1x1
- Oxygen III (OIII):14 x 30min. (420min) bin 1x1
Total Exposure:810min. (13.5hr)
Limiting Magnitude: 5.1
ASI 2600 MC Pro - TS65Q APO - ASI 120 MC-S im ZWO OAG - ZWO EAF - Asiair Pro - Optolong L-Extreme 2"
80 x 600s
NGC 2264 13H03MN
180X54 GAIN 140 -10C FSQ85 CAMERA 294MC
4X600S GAIN 140 -10C FSQ85 CAMERA 294MC
116X300S GAIN 100 -10C FSQ85 CAMERA 2600
S synthétique en SHO
ASI 294 MC PRO.
72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.
Star Adventurer 2i.
Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.
Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc
74x300s
L-Extreme
Bortle 8.
PixInsight.
Bill Blanshan's Color Palette.
Clouds of glowing hydrogen gas fill this colorful skyscape in the faint but fanciful constellation Monoceros, the Unicorn. A star forming region cataloged as NGC 2264, the complex jumble of cosmic gas and dust is about 2,700 light-years distant and mixes reddish emission nebulae excited by energetic light from newborn stars with dark interstellar dust clouds. Where the otherwise obscuring dust clouds lie close to the hot, young stars they also reflect starlight, forming blue reflection nebulae. The image covers about 40 light-years at the distance of NGC 2264. Its cast of cosmic characters includes the the Fox Fur Nebula, whose dusty, convoluted pelt lies just above center, bright variable star S Monocerotis immersed in the blue-tinted haze right of the Fox Fur, and the Cone Nebula at the left of the frame. Of course, the stars of NGC 2264 are also known as the Christmas Tree star cluster. The triangular tree shape traced by the stars has its apex at the Cone Nebula. The tree's broader base is centered near S Monocerotis. (APOD Text).
Acquisition: 21-25/1/17
Chiswick, London, UK.
17.5 Hours total Exposure (SII:Ha:OIII)
23x1800sHa, 7x1800sSII, 5x1800sOIII
SII and OIII bin 2x2
Equipment:
T: Takahashi FSQ106ED @ f/8
C: QSI683ws Mono CCD @-30C
F: Astronomik Ha (6nm)
M: Celestron Advanced Vx
G: QHY5-II
NGC2264
Lunette 80ED Esprit + Ircut + ASI1600Mc. Traitement SIRIL et Photoshop. Nombreux passages de nuages et brouillard.
Dernière photo de l'année 2021 !
Canon EF 400mm f2.8 + TCx1.4 (FL: 560mm )
AP1100GTOAE no guiding
Asi 183 MM + filtres SHO Astronomik 6nm
Pauses 22x300s (1h50')
Compared to the previous one, this is an extended view of the Cone and Christmas Tree complex using data from Subaru, ESO and DSS.
Panel from Subaru (656nm): 600
Additional luminance data: ESO
Color data: DSS
ASI 294 MC PRO.
72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.
Star Adventurer 2i.
Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.
Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc
74x300s
L-Extreme
Bortle 8.
PixInsight.
NGC2264 refers to the star cluster toward the right side of the main nebula region called the Christmas Tree Cluster. The area also contains the famous Cone Nebula in the lower right and the Fox Fur Nebula in the middle upper area. This image is processed using a monochrome camera and Ha, OIII, R, G, B color filters. The reddish areas being strong in ionized Hydrogen glowing gas (Ha), while the brighter white area in the center being a reflection nebula reflecting the bright nearby starlight, while the hazy translucent "fog" effect comes from the ionized Oxygen gases (OIII) glowing a blueish-grey. The natural star color is maintained by using the standard Red, Green and Blue filters to capture the natural star colors based on their age, temperature and lifespan within the "main sequence" of stars. 20.5 hours total integration time.
An HaOSC image of NGC2247, NGC2245, NGC2264, NGC2259, IC2169 and IC447.
Equipment:
Askar SQA55 55mm f/4.8 Astrograph. A ZWO ASI 2600MC OSC with an integrated auto guider.
Ha derived from data shot through Optolong L-eNhance filter.
Processed in APP, AF and PI.
Five minute subs totalling 10 hours 30 minutes from my garden in the South West of the UK.
An LRGB image of NGC2264
The LRGB image comprises of:
L - 13 hours 45 minutes
R - 7 hours 45 minutes
G - 7 hours 45 minutes
B - 6 hours 15 minutes
Total - 34 hours 15 minutes
15 minute subs.
Acquisition - Planewave 12.5" CDK, PME, QSI 583 8WSG CCD, Lodestar auto guider, TSX, Maxim DL.
Processing Pixinsight 1.8
This photo was taken as part of the competition from ChileScope.com (www.chilescope.com/), thanks to the access granted to raw materials from a remote telescope in the mountains in Chile.
Telescopes NN 2 and 3:
OTA Newtonian ASA 1900mm/500mm (F/3.8) + 10 position dual color filter wheel on German Equatorial mount
CCD Camera FLI ProLine 16803
L (Bin1) = 43frames * 10min (07:10:00)
R (Bin2) = 26frames * 5min (02:10:00)
G (Bin2) = 22frames * 5min (01:50:00)
B (Bin2) = 26frames * 5min (02:10:00)
H-Alpha (Bin1) = 20frames * 20min (06:40:00)
Total time of exposure on both telescopes = 20:00:00
+ calibration
See this link (www.chilescope.com/equipment-and-infrastructure/telescope...) for more details about the telescope
In this frame:
Star of the Unicorn/Monoceros (15 Mon, S Mon, HIP 31978 A, SAO 114258, HD 47839, HR 2456, WDS J06410+0954AB), 4.65m
the Cone Nebula, the Christmas Tree Cluster, Snowflake Cluster, Fox Fur Nebula (NGC 2264 - SH 2-273 - LBN 911 - Cr 112 - Mel 49 - Ced 84b), 3.90m
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Soft: DeepSkyStacker v. 4.1.1
The Cone Nebula Upper left of the image) is a complex region of hydrogen gas and interstellar dust approximately 2.700 light years from Earth that interact to form a very tortured and twisted landscape. The Cone itself is formed by the interplay of ionized gas and a dust cloud.
The brightest star in the image, 15 Monoceros (within the blue reflection nebula), is part of the Christmas Tree Cluster. A grouping of about a dozen bright stars to the left of 15 Monocerotis form the triangular shape of the Christmas tree, with the top of the tree being the bright star just right of the Cone itself.
Below and to the right of 15 Monoceros is a region known to amateur astronomers as the Fox Fur Nebula.
This complete area is very dense in the Hydrogen Alpha wavelength, which is why the area has such a reddish hue.
Details.
M: Mesu 200
T: Takahashi FSQ85 0.73x
C: QSI683 and Moravian G2-8300 with Baader LRGB filters and Astrodon 3nm Ha filter.
70x300s R,G and B
15x1800s Ha
55x1200s Luminance
Totalling 43 hours and 20 minutes.
150/750 PDS, canon 1100d modificada, filtro ir/uv, autoguiado casero con buscador 9x50 y spc900 modificada; 99x300", 35x600", darks, flats, bias
Newton 200/800, ASI183MM-Pro, filtres Astrodon 5nm, H (3h50) et O (2h).
Juste avant qu'elle s'en aille cette année...
NGC2264 Cone Nebula
20 Febbraio 2025
Località: San Romualdo - Ravenna
SeestarS50 - Filtro bi-banda stretta H-alpha 20nm/OIII 30nm
324 immagini da 10 second - Live Stacking.
Aggiunto H-alpha proveniente da un'immagine del 2017
Elaborazione: Astroart9, Affinity Photo2, Graxpert e Paint Shop Pro2023.
www.cfm2004.altervista.org/astrofotografia/nebulose/ngc22...
NGC 2264 is the designation number of the New General Catalogue that identifies two astronomical objects as a single object: the Cone Nebula, and the Christmas Tree Cluster. Two other objects are within this designation but not officially included, the Snowflake Cluster,and the Fox Fur Nebula. (Wikipedia)
More Astrophotography at : telescopius.com/profile/k-bahr
and on Instagram: www.instagram.com/astrophotography_in_the_north/
Bi color process Ha, O3.
42 x 300s - O3 (3 nm) subs
170 x 300s - Ha (5 nm) subs
Processed in PixInsight and PS.
ES ED80mm CF 0.8x FF FR
Losmandy GM811G
ASI1600 MM
Well the 2nd image of the year, there were other clear nights this month but there was a small problem of that big light bulb in the sky...
After the rain I was left with a crystal clear night. After the first 4h everything was going well then came the Meridian flip after which the computer would not recognise the driver for my guide camera once that was sorted my main camera locked up but I was too busy watching my guiding to realise, that wasted 20 minutes. Once that was sort and I look at my 5th sub I realise my cooler had only gone down to -2. By this point I poured myself a large whiskey. All of this meant I finished at 2 am rather than midnight but got there in the end.
Note:
I removed all the stars after the initial processing using StarNet++ and then added the Ha stars back in at the end.
NGC2264 is the join designation for the “Cone Nebula” and "Christmas Tree Cluster" located in the constellation Monoceros. It’s is approximately 2350 Light Years from earth with apparent size of 20' arcmin. There are two other object within this area. that don't have a identifier these are the "Fox Fur Nebula" and the "Snowflake Cluster", both clusters were formed within the emission nebula.
EQUIPMENT:-
Telescope Meade 6000 115mm and AZ-EQ6 GT
Explore Scientific 0.7 Focal Reducer
ZWO ASI1600mm-Cool cmos camera
Orion Mini Auto Guide
Astronomik 6nm Ha Filter (New)
Astronomik 6nm Oiii Filter
Chip Temp Cooled to -20 degC
IMAGING DETAILS:-
NGC 2264 Cone & Christmas Nebula (Monoceros)
Gain 139 (Unit Gain)
Dithering
40 Ha subs@240 (2h 40 min)
36 Oiii subs@240sec (2h 24 min)
Total imaging Time 5h 04 min
20 Darks
25 Flats
PROCESSING/GUIDING SOFTWARE:-
APT "Astro Photograph Tools"
StarNet++
DSS
PS CS2
Monoceros contains many clusters and nebulae, most notable among them are:
- The Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237, 2238, 2239, and 2246) is a diffuse nebula in Monoceros.
- The Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC 2264) is another open cluster in Monoceros.
- The Cone Nebula (NGC 2264), associated with the Christmas Tree Cluster, is a very dim nebula.
- NGC 2254 is an open cluster with an overall magnitude of 9.7, 7100 light-years from Earth.
- IC 447, a reflection nebula.
- Sh2-280 is avisible emission nebula in the Unicorn constellation.
- NGC2259, NGC2251, NGC2254, NGC2236
- IC 448
(Wikipedia,Stellarium)
More Astrophotography at : telescopius.com/profile/k-bahr
and on Instagram: www.instagram.com/astrophotography_in_the_north/
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The Cone Nebula (NGC2264), top, Christmas Tree Cluster and Fox Fur Nebula (bottom) imaged from London over 3 nights in January 2017
Ha - 5 hours, mapped to red
Oiii - 3 hours, mapped to green & blue
TS65 Quad Astrograph, Atik314L+ camera
Captured and stacked in Maxim DL Pro, processed in Photoshop CC
ccd: Moravian G3-16200 with EFW + OAG
filters: Optolong LRGB and Astrodon 5-nm Ha/O3
telescope: FSQ 106N f/5
mount: 10Micron GM2000 QCI
guider: Lodestar X2
exposure: L 30x10min + RGB 18x5min + Ha 13x30min (all 1x1)
location: Les Granges, 900 m (Hautes Alpes, France)
software: TheSkyX Pro, CCD Commander, Pixinsight, PS CC
date: 12 Oct 2020 - 11 Jan 2021
NGC 2264 - Cone Nebula Area
Something new - managed to find some time on the train to do this one (about the only spare time i can find just now)
Imaging telescope or lens: RCOS 14.5"
Imaging camera: SBIG STX KAF-16803
Mount: Paramount-ME
Guiding telescope or lens: RCOS 14.5"
Software: Pixinsight 1.8
Filters: Astrodon Luminance, Astrodon Blue, Astrodon Red, Astrodon Green
Resolution: 4028x3798
Dates: Feb. 17, 2017, Feb. 22, 2017, Feb. 24, 2017
Frames:
Astrodon Blue: 17x1200" bin 1x1
Astrodon Green: 17x1200" bin 1x1
Astrodon Luminance: 18x1200" bin 1x1
Astrodon Red: 25x1200" bin 1x1
Integration: 25.7 hours
Locations: Deep Sky West Remote Observatory (DSW), Rowe, New Mexico, United States
Here we have a look at the Cone/Christmas tree area nebulae in LRGB.
Very bright stars here which are very dominant - no point battling with them when they are this bright.
Again the longer focal length seems to have found some more colour variation showing some yellows and gold in the area not often seen so clearly.
Only got about 2 hours on this.
I was just trying out some longer exposures to test star shape and colors.
10 Minute subs and the mount / guide combo didn't do too bad. The stars seem pretty good out to the edges. I only cropped out the stacking artifacts, which was minimal.
I normally shoot 300 second subs, so I was happy with the results.
Gear and software...
Askar 65PHQ with 0.75x reducer
iOptrion CEM26
ZWO ASI294MC Pro
Optolong L-Extreme
ZWO ASI Air Plus
ZWO 120MM Guide Camera
ZWO 30mm Guide Scope
120 Gain / -10c
13 / 600 sec exposures
10 Dark calibration frames
Processed with Deepsky Stacker - Pixinsight - Photoshop and Lightroom
The Christmas Tree and Rosette Nebula widefield with a Rokinon 135mm f/2 from the backyard. Also used a duoband filter. 15 hours and looks great! Also shot this target at 350mm and 655mm which you can view here: www.galactic-hunter.com/post/ngc2264
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
Radiation from hot stars off the top of the the cone in this picture illuminates and erodes this giant, gaseous pillar. This is located in the constellation of Monoceros and are approximately 2600 light years from Earth.
Details
M: Avalon Linear Fast Reverse
T: AT8RC CF
C: QSI690-wsg with 3nm Ha and SII filters.
25x1800s in Ha
18x1800s in SII
21.5 hours in total.
Equipment:
Scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6 0.85x reduktorral (367mm F5.1)
Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Pro Synscan Goto
Guide scope: Orion 50mm mini
Guide camera: ZWO ASI120mm Mini
Main camera: ZWO ASI183MM-Pro cooled monochrome camera
Accessories:
ZWO ASIAIR Pro
ZWO EFW 8x1.25"
Lacerta Dew-heater 20cm
Lacerta Dew-heater 30cm
Programs:
PixInsight
Adobe Photoshop CC 2020
Details:
Camera temp: -15°C
Gain: 111
Astronomik 6nm Ha: 52x300s
Astronomik 6nm Oxygen: 15x300s
Merry Christmas for everyone!
Zwo Asi183mm-p Lacerta 72/432 Apo
Total of 5 hours of total integration time.
Finally I take enough data to process this object like I want.
Like my last previous works I try to obtain the maximum detail with a very long integration, more than 73 hours this time.
It was processed using the natural palette, assigning Sii to an ultrared tone.
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo · Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI183MM-Cool · ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts: Skywatcher EQ6R Pro · Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Celestron OAG Deluxe · Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI290 Mini · ZWO ASI174 Mini
Focal reducers: Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x · Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Seqence Generator Pro
Filters: Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessory: Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox v2 · Pegasus Astro Falcon Rotator · ZWO EFW · Astrolink 4.0 mini · MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 · TALON6 R.O.R · MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:Nov. 18, 2020 , Nov. 21, 2020 , Nov. 22, 2020 , Nov. 23, 2020 , Nov. 24, 2020 , Dec. 12, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 110x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 110x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 211x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 106x600" (gain: 111.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 110x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm: 105x600" (gain: 111.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 73.1 hours
Avg. Moon age: 10.53 days
Avg. Moon phase: 41.91%
Astrometry.net job: 4144033
RA center: 0h 3' 14"
DEC center: +67° 16' 4"
Pixel scale: 0.789 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 0.709 degrees
Field radius: 0.408 degrees
Resolution: 2328x1760
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
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.
NGC2264 Cone Nebula in Monoceros
Ikharos 10" RC telescope
QSI 683 CCD camera
Paramount MX equatorial mount.
Astrodon RGB and 5nm hydrogen-alpha filters.
Ha: 27 x 10m exposures
Red: 14 x 10m
Green: 14 x 10m
Blue: 14 x 10m
Data taken remotely with our equipment from Astrocamp, Nerpio, Spain.
... La fourrure du renard, l'amas de l'arbre de Noël et la nébuleuse variable de Hubble !
Lunette Skywatcher Esprit 80/400, ASI2600MM-Pro, filtres Astronomik H et O en 6nm (3 heures par filtre et par poses unitaires de 5 minutes).
Traitement Pixinsight remix 2024
NGC2264 represents this region which contains the Christmas Tree Cluster, The Cone Nebula and the Fox Fur Nebula. It's about 30 light years across and located about 2,600 light years away in the constellation of Monoceros. The many hot blue stars of this cluster both ionize and illuminate the enormous gas clouds that formed them.
ASI 294 MC PRO.
72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.
Star Adventurer.
Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.
Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc
26x300s
L-Extreme
Bortle 8.
PixInsight, Topaz Denoise AI.
150/750 PDS, canon 1100d modificada, filtro ir/uv, autoguiado casero con buscador 9x50 y spc900 modificada; 99x300", 35x600", darks, flats, bias
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
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.
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
The Rosette Nebula (C50) is a beautiful H-alpha nebula, located near the end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way.
Due to it's beauty and relatively high apparent brightness, it is a very popular target for deep space imaging. Its photographic attractiveness probably is the reason, why its equally stunning surroundings are often overlooked.
At about 200mm focal length, the Rosette Nebula shares the field of view with the Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC2264) and the Cone Nebula, a cone shaped, cold hydrogen molecular cloud blocking the light of a faint emission nebula behind it. Both the Cone and Rosette Nebula are part of a giant star forming complex.
I captured this "deepscape" of the Rosette and Christmas Tree region of our sky setting behind this landmark peak, during my skiing vacation in Arosa, Switzerland. The foreground lighting comes from snowcats preparing the slopes for another day of perfect skiing.
Capturing such an alignment normally involves quite a bit of cross country hiking with a huge backpack full of equipment.
For this alignment however, I was very lucky. Our appartment was perfectly located for this image and I was able to capture this image from our balcony while sitting in the warm living room.
EXIF
Canon EOS 6D, astro-modified
ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro
Baader Ultra Narrowband H-alpha and Olll filters
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L ll @ 182mm, f/4
Equatorially mounted Skywatcher AZ-GTI mount
Sky:
RGBwith the EOS 6D:
50 x 60s @ ISO800
Narrowband data with ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro:
H-alpha: 20 x 300s
Oiii: 17 x 240s
Foreground:
Stack of 20 x 60s @ ISO800 with the EOS 6D
Equipment:
Takahashi Epsilon 130ED
QHY268m
CFW3M
Astronomik H-alpha MaxFR
Skywatcher EQ8
Februar 2022
Processing: PixInsight/affinity photo
聖誕樹星團
NGC2264
Christmas Tree Cluster
錐狀星雲
Cone Nebula
雪花星團
Snowflake Cluster
狐狸皮星雲
Fox Fur Nebula
這也是一直很想拍的目標之一
等了2年總算有機會了
不過
離聖誕節還很久啦
要變成聖誕樹的形狀
好像也有點理解困難XD
其實裡面有很多東西
除了聖誕樹星團外
還有錐狀星雲
狐狸皮星雲
雪花星團
非常豐富
不知等了幾年
永遠在聖誕樹下
等一個人
只是她依舊
睡過頭了
Reprocessing in 2021
Date：2021/2/8
Weather：Clear
Location：Tataka, Nantou, Taiwan
Camera：Canon 550D(mod)
Lens/Telescope：
William Optics ZenitherStar 81+
Flat 6A III
Mount：iOptron CEM40
Guiding：
William Optics Uniguide+ZWO ASI120MM mini+PHD2
Parameter： ISO3200
Exposure time：5min*30
Dark, Flat, Bias
Software：DSS+PS+Starnet++
Información sobre esta nebulosa:
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebulosa_del_Cono
Distancia: 2700 años luz
Telescope: Celestron C9.25 Edge HD Hyperstar
Camera: Canon T1i modified by Brent Oliver
Focal ratio: f2.3
Exposure: Total 10hr 20 min
RGB: 4 hr 30 min (54 x 5 min) at ISO 800
Ha: 5 hr 40 min (80 x 5 min) at ISO 1600 for Ha
Capturing software: Sequence Generator Pro
Mode: RAW
Filter: IDAS LPS D1, Baader Ha 7 nm
Mount: iOptron CEM60
Guiding: Orion StarShoot Autoguider with PHD2 and Stellarvue F60M3
Dithering: Yes
Calibration: 30 darks, 100 bias, 50 flats
Processing: PixInsight
Date: 21-Ene-2017 (RGB), 22-Ene-2017 (Ha)
Location: Bogotá, Colombia