NGC2264 The Cone Nebula in Monoceros 

        Object type:             Dark Cloud Nebula

        Distance from Earth:      4500 light years / 1400 parsecs

        Similar to the Horsehead (NGC 2024), The Cone nebula is another 
        example of a dark dust cloud silhouetted on an emission nebula.  
        The presence of hot young stars indicates that the emission nebula
        is a birthplace of stars and further supports the theory that 
        collisions of gas and dust clouds result in stellar formation.
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