Observation by Dr Ollie Garrett: NGC2264 The Cone Nebula and Christmas Tr...

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Dr Ollie Garrett

Observer

Dr Ollie Garrett

Observed

2019 Jan 31 - 01:35

Uploaded

2019 Feb 02 - 17:55

Objects

The Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC2264)

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Constellation

Monoceros

Field centre

RA: 06^h41^m
Dec: +09°53'
Position angle: -0°07'

Field size

0°56' × 1°13'

Equipment

115mm f7 APO refractor
NEQ6 Mount
SBIG STF-8300M CCD
SX Lodestar and SX OAG
Baader 36mm filters: 7nm Ha and RGB

Exposure

Ha: 3x900s, R: 5x600s, G 5x600s, B 5x600s

Location

Dartmoor, UK

Target name

NGC2264 The Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster

Title

NGC2264 The Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster (HaRGB)

About this image

This version features the Hydrogen alpha data integrated with the Red subframes. I've also tried to enhance detail and colour balance in this image.

Files associated with this observation

NGC2264 30-1-19 HaRGB OG.jpg (1.9 MB)

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Geof Lewis, Jeremy Shears, Les Dickens, Peter Mulligan, Andy Wilson, Nick Hewitt

Comments

Les Dickens, 2019 Feb 03 - 23:59 UTC

Fabulous image! I took 40 x 120sec frames of NGC 2264 last night using my 77mm achromat, but couldn't extract anything remotely like your image. Perhaps I should move to Dartmoor... :)

Dr Ollie Garrett, 2019 Feb 04 - 19:17 UTC

Many thanks Les. Dartmoor is indeed an excellent place for astronomy! Happily, my observatory is located under Bortle class 4 skies (with relatively little local light pollution) which makes broadband imaging much more user-friendly. On the night I collected the subframes for this image, my Sky Quality Meter indicated a sky brightness at the zenith of 21.07 magnitudes/square arc second.

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