NGC 2264 with the Christmas Tree Star Cluster and the Cone Nebula Wall Art including Frame T-shirts Distance from the sun: About

Distance from the sun: About 67 million miles

J and Ks taken by the VISTA survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory

This image reveals a dramatic binary star system named R Aquarii

a cloud of gas and dust that reflects light from nearby

and the two bright spots make it up its beady eyes

NGC 2264 with the Christmas Tree Star Cluster and the Cone Nebula Wall Art including Frame T-shirts Distance from the sun: AboutThis colour image of the region known as NGC 2264 an area of sky that includes the sparkling blue baubles of the Christmas Tree star cluster and the Cone Nebula was created from data taken through four different filters (B, V, R and H alpha) with the Wide Field Imager at ESO's La Silla Observatory, 2400 m high in the Atacama Desert of Chile in the foothills of the Andes. The image shows a region of space about 30 light years across. Credit: ESO