Nebula 020 / 100
Cone Nebula
NGC2264
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At a glance
- Type
- Emission nebula (H II region)
- Constellation
- Mon
- Right ascension
- 6h 40m 58.3s
- Declination
- +9° 54′
- Apparent magnitude
- 3.9
- Angular size
- 11.4x5.1′
- Catalogue
- NGC2264
Located in Monoceros.
The outline on your card
A dark conical pillar points toward the bright star S Monocerotis within the Christmas Tree cluster.
- Outline class
- Pillar
- Axis ratio
- 0.45 : 1
- Central source
- Embedded cluster
- Surface brightness
- Medium
- Recorded structure
- Pillars · Dark lane · Embedded stars
The card front carries no text by design: the glyph is drawn from this object's own silhouette, so the outline is the only clue you get until you scan it.
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