02.02.2006 - Wechselgebiet

Theis wide filed photograph of the NGC 2264 complex shows a wealth of nebulous detail and star clusters and nebulae. The Cone Nebula is the little dark notch piercing into the bright patch near the center. NGC 2264 is a bright cluster, well known as the Christmas Tree Cluster; 'decorated' by bright stars with 15-S-Monocerotis marking the trunk and the COne Nebula trimming the top of the tree.

EPSILON 160 f/3.3 , Starlight SXV-M25, 40min RGB + 40min Ha

diffuse Emission Nebula and Star Cluster
Size: 60' x 30'
Constellation: Monoceros
Magnitude: 3.9
Distance: 2400 light years
RA: 6h 41m
Dec: +09° 53'