| The Cone Nebula is a famous nebula surrounding the NGC 2264 star  cluster. The 'cone' is a triangular dark nebula near the bottom of the nebula.  The bright star at the centre of this picture is 15 Monocerotis (or 'S  Monocerotis') - it is a quadruple star system consisting of four brilliant  blue-white stars (classes O7, B7, B8 and A6) and it is partly responsible for  causing the nebula to glow.Note at the bottom right the Hubble´s variable nebula
 
 Whole region of this photo here
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