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Photographer:

Garrett Grainger

Location of Photo:

New Smyrna Beach, FL

Date/Time of photo:

11/16/07 all night

Equipment:

Orion ED80 Imaging Scope, Orion Sirius mount, Orion ST80 guidescope with Meade DSI-c. Canon RebelXT modified by Hap Griffin for imaging.

Description:

NGC 2264, the Christmas Tree Cluster and the Cone Nebula. 3 hours and 20 minutes with darks/flats and bias frames. The Christmas Tree Cluster (also known as Open Cluster NGC 2264 or the Xmas Tree Cluster) is an open cluster in the Monoceros constellation.

Website:

www.beachastronomy.com

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