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Fox Fur, a Unicorn, and a Christmas Tree
This colorful skyscape in Monoceros, the Unicorn, is a star-forming region cataloged as NGC 2264. It is about 2,700 light-years away. Clouds of glowing hydrogen gas mix with dark interstellar dust, creating reddish emission nebulae excited by new stars. Where dust clouds are near hot, young stars, they reflect starlight, forming blue reflection nebulae.
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In tropical astrology, 25 DEC 2008 falls under Capricorn (♑). The sign's window runs from 12-22 through 01-19. Capricorn is the dimmest zodiac constellation, but rich in deep-sky objects south of the celestial equator. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 25 DEC 2008.