This image of NGC 2264 is a mosaic taken with CHI-1 between Feb 23 and Jan 24. Located in the constellation of Monoceros, approx. 2,700 light years from Earth in the Orion Arm of the Mi...
The "Witch Head Nebula" is an extremely faint reflection nebula believed to be an ancient supernova remnant, a cloud of gas illuminated by the nearby supergiant star Rigel (on left off-...