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NGC2264 - Unveiling the Cone Nebula

Quick & Dirty Cone Nebula: 90 Minutes of Pure Imaging Joy!

Here’s the Cone Nebula, captured with a mere 1.5 hours of exposure time! I absolutely love capturing images – lots and lots of them! As for perfection, well, we can worry about that later, right? 😉

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  • Capture Date: 2011-12-29
  • Credit: Cédric Thomas
  • Location: ‘Le petit Borobia’ Observatory, remote
  • Telescope: William Optics FLT 110 TEC (oiled spaced) @ F/5.2
  • Focal Reducer: William Optics AFR-IV 0.8x
  • Mount: Sky Watcher N-EQ6 Pro
  • Autoguiding: LodeStar on 80mm guidescope + MaximDL
  • Camera: Modified Canon EOS 350D
  • RGB Exposure: 1h30 (18x300s) @ ISO 800
  • Processing: DeepSkyStacker, Levels + Curves (Photoshop)
  • Challenging weather with frequent cloud patches