NGC 2264

March 17, 2017 By egleason Leave a Comment

NGC 2264 is the designation number of the New General Catalogue that identifies two astronomical objects as a single object:

the Cone Nebula,
the Christmas Tree Cluster,

All of the objects are located in the Monoceros constellation.

Filed Under: Nebula, NGC, Photos Tagged With: Christmas Tree Cluster, Cone Nebula, Monoceros

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