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      🌌 Cone Nebula and Surrounding Region 🌌
      Wallpaper author:
      Alessandro Motta

      27 Dec 2024

      🌌 Cone Nebula and Surrounding Region 🌌

      This stunning image showcases the Cone Nebula, a dark pillar of gas and dust embedded within the larger Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC 2264). Located approximately 2,700 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros, this region is a vibrant nursery of star formation.

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      NGC 2264

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      Open
      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CCD

      🌌 Cone Nebula and Surrounding Region 🌌