Astro Gallery, Nebulae, NGC2264 Christmas Tree Nebula

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NGC2264 Christmas Tree Nebula

Image contains Cone nebula, Christmas Tree cluster, NGC 2264, Hubble's variable nebula, NGC 2261, 15Mon

Reference:	1016	Date taken:	February 2012
Location:	Galera, Andalucia, Spain

Center (RA, Dec): (100.192, 9.298) Center (RA, hms): 06h 40m 46.093s Center (Dec, dms): +09 17' 54.577" Size: 2.18 x 1.64 deg Radius: 1.363 deg Pixel scale: 7.66 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 92.4 degrees E of N
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