Wallpaper author:
Jared Greer
24 Aug 2026
Cone Nebula (crop) (SHO)
The most prominent emission object in the Christmas tree cluster is the cone nebula. Here it is presented in SHO narrowband with RGB stars
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 2264 - The Cone Nebula
30 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI Proline PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 100.2171 Dec 9.8769
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................United States of America
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................27 Nov 2022 - 15 Feb 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 1200 | 9h | 27 |
| Red | 900 | 4h | 16 |
| Green | 900 | 4h | 16 |
| Blue | 900 | 4h | 16 |
| Halpha | 1200 | 8h40m | 26 |
| SII | 1200 | 9h | 27 |
| OIII | 1200 | 9h | 27 |