Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  Christmas Tree Cluster  ·  NGC 2264  ·  The star 15 Mon
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The Christmas Tree Cluster and NGC2264, dvb
The Christmas Tree Cluster and NGC2264
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The Christmas Tree Cluster and NGC2264

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The Christmas Tree Cluster and NGC2264, dvb
The Christmas Tree Cluster and NGC2264
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The Christmas Tree Cluster and NGC2264

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The Christmas Tree Cluster and surrounding nebulosity in SHO.  Remarkable that the outline of the tree in the cluster is matched by the "branches" in the nebulosity.

Yes the stars are a bit bloated (esp. 15 Mono), but I decided to take some licence to "decorate" the tree for my friends on Social media (FB,IG) for whom this is a greeting card. 

Colours are from Bill Blanshan''s Narrowband Normalization script - Adding to Oiii & SII to reduce the green of the Ha, without using SNCR, produced these lively colours.

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