NGC 2264 The Cone and Fox Fur Nebulas
NGC 2264 The Cone and Fox Fur Nebulas
This is a full RGBSHO version of the Cone and Fox Fur Nebulas, also called the Christmas Tree Cluster. NGC 2264 is the bright star central to this image. The Spitzer Space telescope captured this image in infrared and shows some really nice star clusters forming off the tip of the cone. Some of these clusters even forming linear lines of stars. The Fox Fur nebula is Sharpless 273 and looks very much like the pelt of a fox in this hubble toned image.
Equipment
Telescope: Celestron RASA 11 (620mm focal @ f/2.2)
Filters: Baader Ultra-Highspeed F/2 3.5nm & 4nm Filters.
Main Camera: ZWO ASI 1600mm-pro Monochrome
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6r-Pro
Guide Scope: William Optics 50mm Uniguide
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 290mm-mini
Location
Location: Pendleton, Oregon
Observatory: NexDome 2.4m Automated
Bortle: 3
Long & Lat: 45.67N, -118.79 W
Shoot Parameters
Date: February 3, 2022
Red: 51 x 10 seconds
Green: 54 x 10 seconds
Blue: 54 x 10 seconds
Ha: 205 x 60 seconds
Oiii: 58 x 60 seconds
Sii: 180 x 60 seconds
Calibration Bias: 20
Calibration Dark: 20
Calibration Flats: 30
Integration Time: ~8 hours total
Gain: 139 (unity) RGB and 200 for SHO
Cooling: -20
Processing Software: Astro Pixel Processor, StarXTerminator, NINA
