Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  Christmas Tree Cluster  ·  NGC 2251  ·  NGC 2259  ·  NGC 2264  ·  The star 15Mon  ·  The star 16Mon  ·  The star 17Mon
The Cone Nebula, Phil Yates
The Cone Nebula
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The Cone Nebula

The Cone Nebula, Phil Yates
The Cone Nebula
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The Cone Nebula

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NGC 2264 is a region that holds the Cone Nebula, a dark nebula and a star-forming region in the Northern region of the Unicorn constellation, and the Christmas Tree open cluster, a group of very young stars that lies “above” the Cone Nebula, towards the South of the constellation. The Christmas Tree cluster is an active star-forming region. With these two main objects, we can also see the Snowflake Cluster in the middle of NGC 2264. It is also a star-forming region full of very young stars.

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The Cone Nebula, Phil Yates