Did you put Christmas tree? The National Aeronautics and Space Administrationbetter known as NASA (for its acronym in English, National Aeronautics and Space Administration), shared a image of an incredible star cluster.
“Ad hoc” is December 24Christmas Day, NASA This Tuesday, he shared through his social networks an image of the cluster of young stars called NGC2264, better known as the “Christmas Trees” cluster.
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In the image you can see the shape of a cosmic tree with the shine of starlight.
This shape, as detailed by NASA, was achieved after a cluster of young stars, with ages between one and five million years, in our Milky Way, about 2,500 light years from Earth. The stars in NGC 2264 are smaller and larger than the Sun, ranging from some with less than a tenth of the Sun’s mass to others containing around seven solar masses.
“In this image of NGC 2264, which is much closer than NGC 602, at a distance of about 2,500 light years from Earth, Chandra data (red, violet, blue and white) has been combined with optical data (green and violet) captured by astrophotographer Michael Clow from his telescope in Arizona in November 2024.”
What is the “Christmas Tree Cluster”?
Young stars, also known as those in NGC 2264, are volatile bodies that often undergo strong X-ray flares and other types of variations seen in different types of light.
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Furthermore, in said image of Christmas treeyou can see the faint green clouds in a conical shape that look very similar to an evergreen tree. Tiny specks of white, blue, violet and red light, stars within the cluster, dot the structure, turning the cloud into a festive cosmic Christmas tree.