03-25-2009

Hello everyone.. This month has not be a very production month for me due to weather and work, I am glad to get a very clear night tonight I decided to go against the grain a bit and image a area not often captured due to all the much nicer targets in the area

Located only 2.25 degree west of NGC 2264 the Xmas tree cluster in the Monoceros Milkyway Region, are two faint reflection nebula with the designataion as IC 446 and IC447, these dim objects are out shadowed by the neighboring nebual complex which inlcudes the cone nebula and fox fur nebula, and xmas tree cluster withing this image, the reddish nebula to the top of the image is part of the nebula complex

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Captured  3-24/25-09

29x360sec light 30x360 dark 30x30ms flat

Temp 40 deg steady wind at start

seeing 9/10 Yes very rare...Just make out slight milky way at zenith :) wow

• Celestron CGE
• Celseston C8 as Guide Scope
• Image camera Modified Canon 350d 
• Guide camera - dsi pro II
• image scope WO 80mm
• captured with nebulosity and guided with phd
• Stacked with DSS stacker 
• processed with Photoshop CS 3 and Noel Carboni tools

Currenly capturing data of the Leo trio with the Wide Feild

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