Exploring the Christmas Tree Cluster: NASA’s Latest Image of Star Cluster NGC 2264

2023-12-23 06:25:59

NASA has published this new image of the star cluster NGC 2264, also known as the “Christmas Tree Cluster,” which is about 2,500 light-years away from Earth.

NASA was able to observe that the nebula gas around the star cluster resembles pine needles on a Christmas tree, and NASA says that artificially animated blue and white lights represent the positions of the stars seen in X-rays.

The group consists of young stars ranging in age from one year to 5 million years.

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