NGC2264 and friends

[Paul Haese]

This is the latest image from one of my rigs at Swan Reach Imaging.

It is of NGC2264, the Fox Fur Nebula, the Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster. Man that is a mouthful.

It is reasonably north of the celestial equator and presents imaging issues if you don't have a clear northern horizon. We have a nice northern horizon at the site.

It's been on my imaging list forever. We continue to have a heap of clear nights, which makes imaging easy there. ;)

Click here (http://paulhaese.net/NGC2264.html) for the larger image.

[Ant0nio]

Nice one Paul, lovely colours & one of my favourites also :thumbsup:

Cheers,
Tony

[RyanJones]

I love the range of colour in this region and especially the range of star colour. Both beautifully presented. I’m in awe of the quality of the stars and the cleanliness of the defraction lines.

Cheers

Ryan

[Ryderscope]

That is quite spectacular Paul. I'm particularly drawn the to way the the blue reflection areas have been highlighted :thumbsup:

[Dave882]

Wow that’s stunning! Colours are amazing

[Andy01]

Stunning Paul, one of your very best, well done! :thumbsup:

[Retrograde]

Superb image Paul.

Your skies at Swan Reach must be really good given how far north this area of sky is. :thumbsup:

[alpal]

Hi Paul,
an excellent image with beautiful colour,
sharp tiny stars, razor thin diffraction spikes and great detail.
It seems to be perfectly processed - I don't see how it could be improved.
Well done.


cheers
Allan

[Benjamin]

Stunning. Beautiful natural colour and richness of detail. Wow

[gregbradley]

A terrific image Paul. You've got your processing of the 6200 dialed in. At first I assumed it was a QSI683 image.

Greg.

[strongmanmike]

Beautiful region very well captured, the quintessential Christmas Card field :)

Mike

[Paul Haese]

Thanks guys for the compliments and comments.

The camera is nicely matched with the focal length of this scope. Though I am imaging at 2x2 bin, which gives a nice sampling and still very good size images.

[atalas]

:eyepop: sensational :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: again splendid colour.

[Paul Haese]

Thanks Louie. It's a great area with lots to image.

[atalas]

Yeah sure It is Paul but It takes more than just a great area to produce a great image.....you never cease to impress :thumbsup:

[Addos]

great shot Paul! Effervescent!

[matlud]

Beautiful Paul! Love the colours, a great image.

Cheers,
Mat

[AdamJL]

Yeah that's gorgeous. I'd love to know how you get that super bright effect from your stars. They almost sparkle.

[Atmos]

Real nice Paul, not a target I’ll ever be able to get from where I image but you’ve done well on one that doesn’t get a great deal of altitude.