NGC 2264 - The Cone Nebula, The Fox Fur and the Christmas Tree Cluster (Andre Brossel)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Monoceros (Mon) · Contains: Christmas Tree Cluster · NGC 2259 · NGC 2264 · The star 15 Mon

NGC 2264 - The Cone Nebula, The Fox Fur and the Christmas Tree Cluster, Andre Brossel

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NGC 2264 - The Cone Nebula, The Fox Fur and the Christmas Tree Cluster

NGC 2264 describes several objects in the constellation Monoceros lying about 2,700 light-years from Earth. One is the Christmas Tree star cluster, here lying on its side with the blazing bright star S Monocerotis. There is a diffuse red nebula caused by H-alpha emissions from hydrogen gas stimulated by ultraviolet radiation emitted by S Monocertis and the cluster's other white-blue stars. There are two special star forming regions in the red nebula. The Cone Nebula, named for its apparent shape sculpted by fierce stellar winds emitted from the stars. It is a dark molecular cloud within which other new stars are forming. Numerous other sculpted swirls of nebulosity are nearby. At centre left is the Fox Fur Nebula, Sharpless 273, named for the rich textured appearance sculpted by stellar winds in that region. In contrast, the blue nebula is a reflection nebula caused by scattered blue light reflecting off residual dust in a region where stars have already formed” [adapted text, credit SkyandTelescope].The image is made up of Ha and RGB filters.

It is a result of a collaborative work, I captured and pre processed the images and Kiko Fairbain kindly processed it.
Kiko is one of the best astrophotographers in Brazil and is always a pleasure to see his work.

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