Christmas in Space
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I have a few targets in mind for the winter season, but for Thanksgiving imaging I asked my wife and daughter what they'd like to see. Christmas Tree! NGC2264 is actually the Cone Nebula (far left, sideways) and the Christmas Tree Cluster (to right of the cone). A vast complex of gas and dust spreads to the bright star Monoceros and nearby Snowflake Cluster and Fox Fur Nebula. Captured from visible light, hydrogen alpha and oxygen 3.
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Image details
| Telescope: | William Optics Redcat 71 | |
| Length: | 350mm | |
| Aperture: | 71mm | |
| F-stop: | f/4.66 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2023-11-24 to 2023-11-24 | |
| Lights: | 1 | |
| Exposure: | 1 | |
| Total exposure: | 1 s | |
| Ra: | 6h 40m 54.3s | |
| Dec: | +10° 00' 17.179 | |
| Size: | 148.80 x 103.20 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 001.509 deg | |
| Scale: | 002.13 arcsec/pixel |