The Cone Nebula and the Christmas Tree Cluster // Ric Fulop
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NGC 2264 Aka 'Christmas Tree Cluster'
Courtesy: NASA
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A Mysterious Cone Nebula - March 1st, 1996.
"Sometimes the simplest shapes are the hardest to explain. For example, the origin of the mysterious cone-shaped region located just below the center of the above picture remains a mystery. The dark region clearly contains much dust, which blocks light from the emission nebula and open cluster NGC 2264 behind it. One hypothesis holds that the cone is formed by wind particles from an energetic source blowing past the Bok globule at the head of the cone."
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NGC 2264: The Cone Nebula
Stars are forming in the gigantic dust pillar called the Cone Nebula. Cones, pillars, and majestic flowing shapes abound in stellar nurseries where clouds of gas and dust are sculpted by energetic winds from newborn stars. The Cone Nebula, a well-known example, lies within the bright galactic star-forming region NGC 2264. The featured image of the Cone was captured recently combining 24-hours of exposure with a half-meter telescope at the El Sauce Observatory in Chile. Located about 2,500 light-years away toward the constellation of the Unicorn (Monoceros), the Cone Nebula's conical pillar extends about 7 light-years. The massive star NGC 2264 IRS, is the likely source of the wind sculpting the Cone Nebula and lies off the top of the image. The Cone Nebula's reddish veil is produced by glowing hydrogen gas.
Image Credit & Copyright: Matthew Dieterich
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black dust
“Seen with the “Big Eye” cone nebula resembles a comet leaving wake of black dust.”
September 1950
Quote taken from original text included with the image in the magazine
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Christmas Tree Cluster
A fascinating open star cluster with associated bright and dark nebulae.
… and the Cone Nebula
NGC 2264 Complex in Monoceros
Image exposure: 120 MinutesImage Size: 2.11 º x 1.4ºImage date:2024-03-05
The NGC 2264 complex is a huge nebula of hydrogen which forms a tenuous star-forming gas cloud approximately 25 light years across and some 2,300 light years distant. It also contains a dark nebula and an association of over a hundred hot young stars.
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The Cone Nebula © Matt Dieterich
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The Cone Nebula, the Christmas Tree Cluster, and the Fox Fur Nebula // Trinh Phuc Hong
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The Cone Nebula, Christmas Tree star cluster, and the Fox Fur Nebula in the constellation Monoceros
Image credit: Rolf Geissinger
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Christmas Tree Cluster and Cone Nebula (NGC 2264)
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