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A Fox Fur, a Unicorn, and a Christmas Tree
The Cone Nebula, the Fox Fur Nebula, and the Christmas Tree Cluster all occur in the constellation Monoceros, the Unicorn. Pictured as a star-forming region and cataloged as NGC 2264, this complex jumble of cosmic gas and dust is about 2,700 light-years distant. It mixes reddish emission nebulae, excited by energetic light from newborn stars, with dark interstellar dust clouds.
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In tropical astrology, 5 JAN 2015 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 5 JAN 2015.