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NGC2264 Cone & Christmas Tree Nebula (Ha), Steven Joseph Hill
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NGC2264 Cone & Christmas Tree Nebula (Ha)

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NGC2264 Cone & Christmas Tree Nebula (Ha)

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NGC 2264 is the location where the Cone Nebula, the Stellar Snowflake Cluster and the Christmas Tree Cluster have formed into an emission nebula. The Stellar Snowflake Cluster is located 2,700 light years away in the constellation Monoceros. The stars in the cluster formed within the emission nebula and are heavily obscured by thick dust clouds that keep producing new stars. The ultraviolet light of the luminous young stars ionizes the surrounding clouds and makes them glow red in long-exposure images. Processed in Ha.

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NGC2264 Cone & Christmas Tree Nebula (Ha), Steven Joseph Hill

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