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

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NGC 2264 Cone Nebula (Christmas Tree), Prodromos
NGC 2264 Cone Nebula (Christmas Tree)
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NGC 2264 Cone Nebula (Christmas Tree)

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Resembling a nightmarish beast rearing its head from a crimson sea, this monstrous object is actually an innocuous pillar of gas and dust. Called the Cone Nebula (NGC 2264) - so named because, in ground-based images, it has a conical shape - this giant pillar resides in a turbulent star-forming region. https://hubblesite.org/

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NGC 2264 Cone Nebula (Christmas Tree), Prodromos