Cone Nebula & Christmas Tree Cluster
Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster - NGC 2264

The Christmas Tree Nebula is near the center of the image and the Cone Nebula is the little dark notch piercing the top of the tree. Film: Un-hypered Kodak PPF 400 print. Lens: 105mm f/6 Traveler. Exposure: Three 60 minute exposures using ST-4 autoguider and Hutec LPR filter. Negatives overlayed in Picture Window Pro v3. Grain/noise reduction using SGBNR. Other image processing in Photoshop v6.01.
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