NGC2264

"Cone Nebula"

“Christmas Tree Cluster”

Constellation- Monoceres

Right Ascension: 6h 41m 27 s

Declination: 09° 52' 46"

Distance: 2400 light years

Visual Brightness: 3.9 mag

Apparent Dimension: 60 arc minutes

Image information-

Date taken- January 27^th, 2006

Telescope/Focal length/Camera/Temperature- Takahashi FS-78 @ f/8.1, ST-8XE NABG @ -30C, on a NexStar11 GPS autoguided with CCDSoft Ver. 5.0

Integrations- HaRGB, Ha = 10 x 600 seconds binned 1x1, RGB = 8 x 480 seconds each binned 2x2

Processing- Flats and darks, aligned and combined in CCDsoft Ver 5.0, color combined in AstroArt 2.0