The Fox Fur Nebula 🌟
This interstellar canine is formed of cosmic dust and gas interacting with energetic light and wind from the hot young stars.The shape, visual, texture and the color, combine to give the region the popular name Fox Fur Nebula. The characteristic blue glow on the left is dust reflecting light from the bright star S Mon, the brightest star just below the featured image. Textured red and black areas are a combination of a cosmic dust and a reddish emission from ionized hydrogen gas. S Mon is a part of young open cluster of stars, NGC 2264 , located about 2500 light years away towards the constellation of the Unicorn
Image Credits : John Vermette
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