Usually called the “Cone Nebula” – Robert Burnham used the more prosaic title “The Throne of God” to describe this magnificent feature found amid gas, dust and new stars in the constellation of Monoceros. To my imagination the object resembles some short winged, flightless, 3 eyed creature forever staring up at the brilliant, type “O” star above it.

Takahashi CCA-250 Astrograph telescope with an STL11000 camera, and Astrodon filters .F7.5 LRGB30/7minBW, 7/5min 2x2binRGB.