Observation by David Strange: The Cone Nebula

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David Strange

Observer

David Strange

Observed

2021 Mar 11 - 23:48

Uploaded

2021 Mar 12 - 15:50

Objects

The Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC2264)

Equipment

Celestron 9
ASI533MC
ASIair

Exposure

20x120s

Location

Salcombe Regis, East Devon

Target name

Cone Nebula

Title

The Cone Nebula

About this image

The Cone Nebula is a dark absorption nebula in Monoceros consisting of cold molecular hydrogen and dust in front of a faint emission nebula containing hydrogen ionized by S Monocerotis. I have removed stars in the second image to improve the view :)

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Cone_nebula_20210311_dgs20.jpg (675.8 kB)

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