NGC 2264 - The Cone Nebula complex in HaLRGB
emission and reflection Nebula in Monoceros
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NGC 2264 - The Cone Nebula complex in HaLRGB emission and reflection Nebula in Monoceros |
| Optics | Celestron 80ED @ f/7.5, guided with an 8" LX200 Classic @ f/5.9 |
| Mount | LX200 |
| Camera | Starlight Xpress SXV-M7 |
| Filter | Astronomik 13nm Ha, IDAS LPR light pollution filter, Astronomik RGBII RGB filters |
| Exposure | 170 min Ha 1x1, 70 min Luminance 1x1, 40 min. ea. RGB 2x2 |
| Processing | Acquired in AstroArt3, DDP , final work in Photoshop7 |
| Date | 02.22.06, 02.23.06 |
| Location | Elk Grove, CA |
| Notes | Again PC issues causing crash. Guiding poor every night. Really needed more color information. The blue channel was taken at 120% and came out much smoother than the red. I still may take more Luminance and color data to add to this image. |