NGC2264 - The Christmas Tree Cluster & Cone Nebula
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- Date Posted: January 17, 2011
- Resolutions: 800x602 , 800x602 , 800x602
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Description
NGC 2264 (Sh2-273) is the collective designation for the Cone Nebula, the Christmas Tree Cluster (Collinder 112), and the Fox Fur Nebula. This magnitude 4.5 region lies about 2,600 light-years distant in the constellation Monoceros and contains emission, absorption, and reflection nebulosity. The Christmas Tree Cluster was discovered by William Herschel in 1784 and the Cone Nebula was later discovered, also by Herschel, on December 26, 1785.
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- Craig & Tammy Temple
- January 26, 2016
