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Object:
Cone Nebula - Southern region of NGC2264
Date(s):
13/14/15 Feb 2013
Location:
Rancho Hidalgo, NM
Telescope:
LX200 10" at f/10
Mount:
Meade SuperWedge on pier
Camera:
SBIG ST-11000M
Single-Shot Color:
No
Luminance:
8 10 minute images bin 2
Red:
8 10 minute images bin 4
Green:
8 10 minute images bin 4
Blue:
8 10 minute images bin 4
Comments:

One of my favorite objects. First saw it in an astronomy book when I was 8 years old. At that time, all deep space astrophotos were black and white...

This turned out to be a relatively difficult object. It is pretty dim and some of the stars are relatively very bright leading to a tendency to "bloom."

Color corrected using Aladin and eXcalibrator systems. So the colors are as accurate as I know how to make them...