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NGC 2264: Sprightly Stars Illuminate 'Christmas Tree Cluster' 🌲This new image of NGC 2264, also known as the “Christmas Tree Cluster,” shows the shape of a cosmic tree with the glow of stellar lights. 🌲NGC 2264 is a cluster of young stars — with ages between about one and five million years old — in our Milky Way about 2,500 light-years away from Earth. 🌲The stars in NGC 2264 are both smaller and larger than the Sun, ranging from some with less than a tenth the mass of the Sun to others conta

ESO's Very Large Telescope Captures Mesmerizing Image of Cone Nebula Located Less Than 2,500 Light-Years Away

Zooming in on the Cone Nebula This video starts from our location in the galaxy, showing the stellar and dusty band of the Milky Way. Zooming in towards it, we move to the constellation Monoceros (The Unicorn), next to Orion, where the large star-forming region of the NGC 2264 cluster can be found. Within this cluster, we find the pillar-like shape of the Cone Nebula. The dramatic new view of the nebula shown at the end of the video, showcases its dark and impenetrable cloudy appearance. The ima