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NGC 2264 – Cone Nebula and region

December 27, 2014 by admin | Comments Off

Here is an image that has taken me awhile to get around to finally processing. It is of NGC 2264 and the Cone Nebula region. Also known as the Christmas Tree cluster it is located in the constellation Monoceros, about 2,700 light years from Earth. This image was taken over 3 nights with a total exposure time of 9.5 hours through color filters. Of which 4.5 hours was for Luminance, and 100 minutes each for Red, Green, and Blue, exposure was 10 minutes long. The camera was a cooled CCD camera made by QSI, the QSI 583ws model. The telescope used was a Borg 125SD, 5 inch refractor at f6.4, for a focal length of about 800mm. The images were then calibrated and stacked together to make the final color image.

Enjoy.

NGC 2264 - Cone Nebula and region

 

Image of the week #26

July 1, 2012 by admin | Comments Off

Hard to believe half the year has gone by, I guess that is the sign of getting older, time flies! Here is this week’s image, it was more an experiment but I like how it came out. I got an adapter for my Fuji X-Pro 1 to use my Canon lenses, so this is taken near Temecula with the X-Pro 1 and a Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens, taken at f2.8 and a 30 second exposure at ISO1600. I thought it turned out pretty well, the yellowish glow in the bottom right is the light pollution dome from San Diego. The summer Milky Way always a neat thing to see. Enjoy.