NGC 2264, The Christmas Tree Cluster/Cone Nebula/Fox Fur Nebula (Douglas Schmitt)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Monoceros (Mon) · Contains: 15 S Mon · B39 · Christmas Tree Cluster · HD261683 · HD261783 · HD261938 · HD262402 · HD47553 · HD47554 · HD47662 · HD47732 · HD47755 · HD47777 · HD47887 · HD47961 · HD48055 · LBN 911 · LBN 912 · LDN 1610 · LDN 1613 · NGC 2264 · Sh2-273 · The star 15 Mon

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NGC 2264, The Christmas Tree Cluster/Cone Nebula/Fox Fur Nebula

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NGC 2264, The Christmas Tree Cluster/Cone Nebula/Fox Fur Nebula

This is my first image of 2024, and first light with my new Apertura 75Q refractor! I was starting to think I would never get clear skies long enough to test out this new scope! These were also my first sessions using an EAF, which is quite exciting, and not quite as daunting of a task to setup as I originally thought it might be. I used no calibration frames because I wanted to see how it would turn out, since there was no vignette and no dust motes visible, as well as curiosity generated from a recent Cuiv The Lazy Geek video. I may try my hand at reprocessing again at some point, to see if I can get the stars to look a little less saturated, but I'm not sure. Let me know what you think, I'd love to hear your feedback!

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RA (center)	06h40m58s.739
RA (top/left)	06h37m46s.130
RA (top/right)	06h44m14s.330
RA (bottom/right)	06h44m12s.351
RA (bottom/left)	06h37m42s.293

Dec (center)	+09°57′16″.23
Dec (top/left)	+09°09′02″.31
Dec (top/right)	+09°09′46″.43
Dec (bottom/right)	+10°45′21″.96
Dec (bottom/left)	+10°44′39″.96

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