| Date/Location |
February 23, 2009 Wildwood Pines Observatory, Earl, NC |
| Camera and Settings |
Canon 30D 30F |
| Telescope |
Stellarvue SV102 102 mm apochromatic refractor at f/6.3 (using a Televue 0.8x FF/FR) |
| Mount |
Parallax HD150 |
| Exposure |
60 min (6 x10 min) |
| Processing |
Image Plus 3.0, Photoshop |
| Other |
Open star cluster and nebula in constellation Monoceros. Mag. 4.09; size 39 arcmin. Also known as the Christmas Tree Cluster as it is in the shape of an upside-down x-mas tree. Note the faint Cone Nebula at the apex of the x-mas tree. Image cropped. |
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