{"id":19351,"date":"2021-06-24T13:39:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T13:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/?p=93472"},"modified":"2021-06-24T13:39:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T13:39:17","slug":"pictures-of-the-cone-nebula","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/pictures-of-the-cone-nebula\/","title":{"rendered":"Pictures of the Cone Nebula"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Christmas <\/p>\n

The Cone Nebula, or NGC 2264, is a dark nebula located 2,500 lightyears away in the Monoceros constellation.<\/p>\n

The nebula<\/a> is 7 lightyears long and is packed full of dense gas and dust \u2013 the ingredients necessary for star formation \u2013 making it a perfect stellar factory.<\/p>\n

This tempestuous deep-sky region contains scorching hot young stars<\/a> that are eroding and carving out the dark nebula, also emitting blasts of powerful ultraviolet light that can be seen illuminating the edges of the dense cosmic cloud.<\/p>\n

The NGC 2264 region also contains an open star cluster<\/a> known as the Christmas Tree Cluster,<\/a> as it forms a sparkling triangular shape that makes it look rather like a festive fir.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/div>\n
<\/i> A Hubble Space Telescope image of the Cone Nebula. Credit: Credit: NASA, H. Ford (JHU), G. Illingworth (UCSC\/LO), M.Clampin (STScI), G. Hartig (STScI), the ACS Science Team, and ESA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/span><\/div>\n

The Cone Nebula itself is reminiscent of the Pillars of Creation<\/a>, part of M16, The Eagle Nebula, famously imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It too is a dense region of gas and dust and a prolific star-forming region.<\/p>\n

Below is a selection of images of the Cone Nebula captured by BBC Sky at Night Magazine<\/em> readers and astrophotographers from around the world.<\/p>\n

For more information about photographing nebulae, read our guide to deep-sky astrophotography<\/a> or find out how to fine-tune your images with our guide to image processing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And don\u2019t forget to send us your images<\/a> or share them with us via Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"Cone<\/div>\n
<\/i> Cone Nebula Widefield View in Ha by Dave Trewren, Bristol, UK. Equipment: QHY9M, Nikkor 180mm f\/2.8 ED, HEQ5, StarShoot, modified finder scope, Baader Ha narrowband.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/span><\/div>\n
\"Cone<\/div>\n
<\/i> Cone Nebula colour widefield view in Ha by Dave Trewren, Bristol, UK. Equipment: QHY9M, Nikkor 180mm f\/2.8 ED, HEQ5, StarShoot, modified finder scope, Baader Ha narrowband.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/span><\/div>\n
\"NGC2264,<\/div>\n
<\/i> NGC2264, Christmas Tree Cluster and Cone Nebula by Chris Heapy, Macclesfield, UK. Equipment: TeleVue NP127is Refractor, 0.8x focal reducer, Atik490EX, Losmandy G11, TV Pronto, SX Lodestar.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/span><\/div>\n
\"NGC2264<\/div>\n
<\/i> NGC2264 \u2013 Christmas Tree Cluster, Cone Nebula by Alastair Woodward, Derby, UK. Equipment: Skywatcher 130PDS, HEQ5, Canon 350d (mono \u2013 self debayered), 6nm Ha Clip Filter, PHD2, ST80, QHY5L-II.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/span><\/div>\n
\"Christmas<\/div>\n
<\/i> Christmas Tree Cluster and surrounding Nebulae in HST by Chris Heapy, Macclesfield, UK. Equipment: Televue NP127is, Moravian G4-1600, 10-Micron GM2000HPS-II, unguided, Chroma 3nM Ha, OIII and SII<\/span><\/figcaption><\/span><\/div>\n
\"Cone<\/div>\n
<\/i> Cone Nebula and Hubble Variable by Paul Gordon, Rochford, Essex, UK. Equipment: Borg 77ED II Refractor, Modded Canon EOS 1000D DSLR, CLS light pollution filter, Skyscan HEQ5 pro mount.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/span><\/div>\n
\"NGC2264<\/div>\n
<\/i> NGC2264 \u2013 Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster in SHO Narrowband by Simon Todd, Haywards Heath, UK. Equipment: Sky-Watcher Quattro 8-CF Imaging Newtonian, Skywatcher Aplanatic Coma Corrector, Atik 383L+ Mono CCD, Celestron Telescopes C80ED Refractor, Qhyccd QHY5L-II Mono, Sky-Watcher EQ8 Pro, Starlight Xpress Ltd 7x36mm EFW, Baader Planetarium 7nm HA, OIII and SII 36mm Unmounted.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/span><\/div>\n
\"NGC<\/div>\n
<\/i> NGC 2264 (Cone Nebula) by Jeff Johnson, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA. Equipment: Takahashi FS-60C, Takahashi EM200 Temma II, QSI 540wsg, SX Lodestar, Astrodon Ha (3nm), Astrodon Tru-Balance I-Series LRGB Gen 2.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/span><\/div>\n
\"Cone<\/div>\n
<\/i> Cone Nebula by Fernando Oliveira De Menezes, Chapada Guimaraes, Mt, Brazil. Equipment: APO 80mm TS 6 elements, ASI 1600mm cooled, H-Alpha and L.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/span><\/div>\n
\"Cone<\/div>\n
<\/i> Cone Nebula And Christmas Tree by Gerard Tartalo Montardit, Lleida, Spain. Equipment: Canon EOS 600D modified, coma corrector baader mpcc, newton skywatcher 150\/750 pds, skywatcher neq6 pro2, guiding with phd2, zwo asi 290mc and newton celestron 130\/650.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/span><\/div>\n
\"NGC<\/div>\n
<\/i> NGC 2264 (Cone Nebula) and Surroundings by Jeffrey O. Johnson, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA. Equipment: TOA-130F, EM200, QSI690wsg.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/span><\/div>\n
\"NGC<\/div>\n
<\/i> NGC 2264 by Ian J Crichton, Dalgety Bay, Scotland. Equipment: NEQ6 PRO, TASPO 130Q @f\/5, Canon 70D modified, Astronomik UHC, 6nm H-alpha clip in filters,SX Lodestar x2 mono CCD<\/span><\/figcaption><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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