Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  15 S Mon  ·  16 Mon  ·  B37  ·  B38  ·  B39  ·  Christmas Tree Cluster  ·  HD259326  ·  HD259369  ·  HD259402  ·  HD259431  ·  HD259432  ·  HD259474  ·  HD259475  ·  HD259529  ·  HD259563  ·  HD259592  ·  HD259593  ·  HD259594  ·  HD259596  ·  HD259629  ·  HD259653  ·  HD259684  ·  HD259685  ·  HD259687  ·  HD259688  ·  HD259689  ·  HD259690  ·  HD259714  ·  HD259746  ·  HD259747  ·  And 352 more.
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NGC2264 - The Christmas Tree Cluster, Georg N. Nyman
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NGC2264 - The Christmas Tree Cluster

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NGC2264 - The Christmas Tree Cluster

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This target is especially in the winter time a very often imaged area of the Northern Skies. It is interesting in LRGB but even more in SHO. NGC2264 includes not only the Cone nebula, but also some other named areas like the Snow Flake Cluster and the Fox Fur nebula. Alll are located in the Monceros constellation and their distance to Earth is about 2300LJ. It is an emission nebula region.

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NGC2264 - The Christmas Tree Cluster, Georg N. Nyman