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Post date: Mar 22, 2018 5:2:53 AM
The color image was reprocessed on Nov 25, 2020, and is posted here.
Hydrogen Alpha Image
Hydrogen Alpha Image
NGC2264 the Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster, with NGC2261 Hubble’s Variable Nebula is visible to the south west (lower right) of the image, taken on Jan 24, 2018 from Buford Mountain Conservation Area. It was imaged with a Stellarvue SV80ST with SFFR-6 focal reduce for a focal length of 384 mm, QSI 683wsg-8 camera at -10C, all mounted on a Celestron Advanced VX mount with off-axis guiding. The total exposure time was 3 hours 30 minutes through an Astrodon Ha 3 nm filter.
Color Image
Color Image
NGC2264 the Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster, with NGC2261 Hubble’s Variable Nebula is visible to the south west (lower right) of the image, taken on Jan 19, 24 and Feb 12, 2018 from Buford Mountain Conservation Area. It was imaged with a Stellarvue SV80ST with SFFR-6 focal reduce for a focal length of 384 mm, QSI 683wsg-8 camera at -10C, all mounted on a Celestron Advanced VX mount with off-axis guiding. The total exposure time was 8 hours 20 minutes.
Ha 3 nm: 7 x 30 min binned 1x1
L: 10 x 10 min binned 1x1
R, G, B: 6 x 10 min binned 2x2
Image calibration with 15 bias, 15 dark and 25 flats per filter.
Processing was done in PixInsight and Photoshop
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