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Date/Location February 17 & 25, 2015 KEASA Observatory, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii
Camera and Settings SBIG STF-8300C CCD Camera -5/-10°C
Telescope William Optics Star 71 - 71mm f/4.9 apochromatic refractor
Mount Paramount ME
Exposure 300 minutes (30 x 10 min)
Processing CCDOpts, Images Plus 6.5, StarNet2.0++, Photoshop CS5
Other Christmas Tree Cluster and Cone Nebula in constellation Monoceros. Cluster mag. 4.09, size 60 x 30 arc minutes. Greater nebula much larger.
NGC2264
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