NGC 2264 the Cone and Fox Fur nebula

[broca (Steve Coates)]

This is probably a bad idea posting after the Olsen-Sidonio Centaurus A Extreme Deep Field project!!
NGC 2264 the Cone and Fox Fur nebula is a diffuse, dark and emission nebula ~2,700 light years from Earth, located in the constellation Monoceros.
Imaged January 14 and January 16, 2013 from Ocala, Florida.
RGB data: 6 minute exposure (each channel) stacked in DSS for a total of 3 hours
Ha data: 15minute exposure stacked in DSS for a total of 4 hours.
Click here for Ha image.
PS CS5
Orion 80mm EON
Orion 50mm guide scope with SSAG
QSI 683ws
Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II
7nm Baader Ha filter

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

Very nice image Steve. Lots of Gas/Dust in there..

[allan gould]

Great image Steve and thanks for posting. Your image has a great 3D feel to it.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Thats really beautiful Steve, the colours are amazing. Great work
Is there a large version?

[broca (Steve Coates)]

Originally Posted by Astroman

Very nice image Steve. Lots of Gas/Dust in there..

Thanks Andrew!

[broca (Steve Coates)]

Originally Posted by allan gould

Great image Steve and thanks for posting. Your image has a great 3D feel to it.

Thanks for the kinds words Allan!

[broca (Steve Coates)]

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Thats really beautiful Steve, the colours are amazing. Great work
Is there a large version?

Thanks Rolf. I host my images through Zenfolio and the largest file allowed to download is 32mb. I also post to Astrobin.com as broca. Out of habit I posted images there to fit the screen. In the future I'll post a larger image to my astrobin account. Thanks for looking!

[RickS (Rick)]

You've been posting some great images, Steve, and that's another one!

[CDKPhil]

Superb!!!

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Beautiful!