Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Puppis (Pup)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2467
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NGC 2467 - Skull and Crossbones nebula, Uri Abraham
NGC 2467 - Skull and Crossbones nebula
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NGC 2467 - Skull and Crossbones nebula

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NGC 2467 (sometimes referred as the “Skull and Crossbones”) is an emission nebula with an age of a few million years at most, It is an extremely active stellar nursery, where new stars are born continuously from large clouds of dust and gas. Located some 13,000 – 17,000 light-years away from Earth in the southern constellation of Puppis

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NGC 2467 - Skull and Crossbones nebula, Uri Abraham