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      Ngc2264 Christmas Nebula
      Wallpaper author:
      Dave Larkin

      25 Dec 2025

      Ngc2264 Christmas Nebula

      Here is a cropped version of Ngc2264 or the Cone Nebula but also still fairly widefield in the Constellatioin Monoceros .I decided to try out the new script Veralux Suite in Pixinsight .Ifound that the Auto version gave very rich brigngt colours and felt had to be toned down, not good when colourblind.I was able to get a version by using it in manual option(Scientific(Manual) with all the sliders hard left almost not registering a valiue..You can also enter from a list of Camera Sensor numbers which for this data set IMX455 QHY 600M . I want to carry out further tests with this Script as its only been available last few weeks .Thanks to Telescope Live for the FREE data set and also Nik Szymanek - Merry Chrismas and the very Best in 2026 to All Members.......

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      NGC 2264

      4 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      SPA-1-CMOS
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Emission Nebula
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        QHY 600M
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 100.2167 Dec 9.8667
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Northern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Spain
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        21 Feb 2023 - 14 Apr 2023
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Luminance30050m10
      Red30050m10
      Green30050m10
      Blue33350m9
      Halpha7671h55m9

      Ngc2264 Christmas Nebula