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NASA has revealed a "cluster Christmas tree"

26 December 2024

NASA has revealed a "cluster Christmas tree"
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This star cluster NGC 2264 in the Milky Way galaxy in the constellation of the Unicorn is located 2,500 light-years from Earth.

The age of the stars in the star cluster, known as the "cosmic Christmas tree," ranges from 1 to 5 million years, which is much younger than the age of the Sun, which is about 5 billion years old.

To create the image, data from the NASA observatory in Alabama and optical images taken from the astrophotographer's telescope from Arizona were used.

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