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![]() NGC 2264 "Christmas Tree Cluster" and Cone Nebula in Monoceros Located about 2,500 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros is the Christmas Tree Cluster and Cone Nebula that are often grouped together under the catalog number NGC 2264. This cropped image is a joint project of James Foster and Michael Stecker. file: ConeNeb-RGB93minCOLOR2A&HA5hrsCROP2D-2acrrsm.jpg Click here for full resolution photo Photographic Data date: ? telescope: Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P (10-inch f/4 Newtonian telescope with coma corrector) FL= 1,000 mm mount: iOptron Cem60 guiding off-axis imaging cameras: ? filter:s ? exposure: ? .photographic site: James Foster observatory at Pinon Pines Estates (Frazier Park) California (Bortle 4 at 5,500 ft elevstion) ![]() "Christmas Tree" file: ConeNeb-RGB93minCOLOR2A&HA5hrsCROP2D-2acrrct2.jpg Click here for full resolution photo ![]() Cone Nebula crop from photo above file: ConeNeb-RGB93minCOLOR2A&HA5hrsCROP2D-2acrcone-sq.jpg ![]() Cone Nebula cropped more and rotated file: ConeNeb-RGB93minCOLOR2A&HA5hrsCROP2D-2acrcone1r.jpg |