This photo of the Christmas Tree Cluster was taken by the European Southern Observatory.
It is in NGC 2264, about 2600 light-years from Earth in the constellation Monoceros, the Unicorn, not far from of Orion.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
That's not a Christmas tree . . . THIS is a Christmas tree
This photo of the Christmas Tree Cluster was taken by the European Southern Observatory.
It is in NGC 2264, about 2600 light-years from Earth in the constellation Monoceros, the Unicorn, not far from of Orion.
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