D800 has a christmas cone with the unicorn.

[alocky (Andrew lockwood)]

Hi,
While doing a comparison of 5 vs 10 minute subs last night I ended up with 80 minutes of data in Monocerous. Here's a quick processing job of these data. 4 x 10min is noticeably better than 8 x 5min, but here I've integrated the lot.
Definitely noise limited, and another couple of hours on this might bring out the fox-fur better, but I think I'll try it again at a longer focal length next time.
Equipment was an unmodified Nikon D800, CLS-CCD filter, Tak FSQ106ED on a G11 with 80mm guidescope. Looks like some H-alpha sneaked through the IR filter.
From left to right, Hubble's variable nebula, a cone, the Christmas tree cluster featuring S Mon, the fox-fur and the tiny cluster ngc 2259. The cone was a tricky thing to spot in the 25" last night, despite relatively good skies.
Constructive criticism welcomed.
regards,
Andrew.

[jsmoraes (Jorge)]

I liked. And I think the region has interesting objects to imaging. It needs more signal to improve the details.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Nice result, Andrew!

[Alchemy (Clive)]

Been a while since I used an unmodded camera, you've captured a lot of Ha, way more than I used to get. Great result.

[gregbradley]

That is surprisingly good Ha response.

A nice looking image. Another few hours would bring it up very well.

Greg.

[Ross G]

Hi Andrew,

Some very nice detail and colour from the D800.

Ross.

[allan gould]

Great image with so many well know objects. It's good to see their inter-relationships in this widefield.
Allan

[alocky (Andrew lockwood)]

Thanks for the kind words, all. The more I look at it, the more I like the field, so I might have to dedicate a whole night to it and see what's possible!
Cheers,
Andrew.