{"id":12802,"date":"2024-12-24T18:06:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T22:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/hang-a-shining-star-upon-the-highest-bough\/"},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:06:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T22:06:34","slug":"hang-a-shining-star-upon-the-highest-bough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/hang-a-shining-star-upon-the-highest-bough\/","title":{"rendered":"Hang a Shining Star Upon the Highest Bough"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hang a Shining Star Upon the Highest Bough<\/h2>\n

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X-ray: NASA\/CXC\/SAO; Optical: Clow, M.; Image Processing: NASA\/CXC\/SAO\/L. Frattare and K. Arcand<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This new view of the \u201cChristmas tree cluster\u201d NGC 2264, released on Dec. 17, 2024, combines data from NASA\u2019s Chandra X-ray Observatory<\/a> and optical data from astrophotographer Michael Clow\u2019s telescope in Arizona. Chandra data is represented in red, purple, blue, and white, while optical data is in green and violet.<\/p>\n

Located about 2,500 light-years from Earth, NGC 2264 is a cluster of young stars between one and five million years old. The stars are seen here as blue and white lights surrounded by swirls of gas\u2014the \u201cpine needles\u201d of the tree\u2014with green representing light in the visible spectrum.<\/p>\n

Read more about the \u201cChristmas tree cluster\u201d \u2013 and the \u201ccosmic wreath.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Image credit: X-ray: NASA\/CXC\/SAO; Optical: Clow, M.; Image Processing: NASA\/CXC\/SAO\/L. Frattare and K. Arcand<\/em><\/p>\n

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This new view of the \u201cChristmas tree cluster\u201d NGC 2264, released on Dec. 17, 2024, combines data from NASA\u2019s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical data from astrophotographer Michael Clow\u2019s telescope in Arizona. Chandra data is represented in red, purple, blue, and white, while optical data is in green and violet. Located about 2,500 light-years from [\u2026] Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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