Wallpaper author:
Debojit Chakrabarty
24 Dec 2021
NGC 2264 : Cosmic Christmas Tree
Look far ... very very far...around 2300 light years far... at Monoceros constellation... you will find the tree ... the Christmas Tree nebula ... also known as NGC 2264.... often this NGC 2264 contains cone nebula and Christmas tree cluster
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Merry Christmas all.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 2264
4 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 100.25 Dec 9.88333
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................11 Dec 2020 - 09 Nov 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 600 | 3h | 18 |
| Red | 200 | 1h | 18 |
| Green | 200 | 1h | 18 |
| Blue | 200 | 1h | 18 |