NGC2264 – Christmas Tree Cluster and Cone Nebula
NGC2264 is an extensive star-forming region in the constellation Monoceros. It includes the Christmas Tree Cluster and the Cone Nebula, a distinctive dark nebula embedded in a large region of ionised-hydrogen emission. With an approximate visual magnitude of +4.09 and an apparent size of about 39 arcminutes, it lies around 670 parsecs, or approximately 2,200 light-years, away. It is a fascinating complex for the study of star formation.
General information
- Constellation
- Monoceros
- Category
- Nebulae
- Date
- 25 January 2024
Capture
- Total time
- 8h 55min
- Subframes
- 360s (Ha: 10x, OIII: 10x) bin1; 300s (Ha: 25x, OIII: 32x, SII: 26x) bin1
- Gain / Offset
- 125 / 30
- Calibration
- 50 flat frames, 50 dark-flat frames and 50 library dark frames, without bias frames
Equipment
- Telescope
- TS102 f/5.6
- Camera
- ASI294MM at -10ºC
- Filters
- Ha, OIII and SII Astronomik, 6 nm
- Mount
- Sky Watcher Wave 150i
- Guiding
- PHD2, OAG ZWO + ASI224MC + PegasusAstro UCH + PPBMicro
- Focuser
- ZWO EAF
- Filter wheel
- ZWO EFW 7pos
Processing and environment
- Processing
- Stacked and post-processed with PixInsight 1.8.9-2
- Acquisition
- NINA
- Location
- l'Ampolla
- Sky
- Bortle 4