NGC2264 Christmas Tree Cluster
NGC 2264 taken on February 5th, 2024 from my Creedmoor site is the designation number of the New General Catalog that identifies two astronomical objects as a single object: the Cone Nebula seen at the bottom of the picture and the Christmas Tree Cluster, Two other objects are within this designation but not officially included: Snowflake Cluster, and the Fox Fur Nebula. All of the objects are located in the Monoceros constellation and are located about 800 parsecs or 2600 light-years from Earth.