This interstellar beast is formed of cosmic dust and
gas interacting with the energetic light and winds from hot young stars. The
shape, visual texture, and color, combine to give the region the popular name Fox Fur Nebula. The
characteristic blue glow on the left is dust reflecting light from the bright
star S Mon, just
beyond the left edge of the
image. Mottled pink and brown areas are a
combination of the cosmic dust and reddish emission from ionized hydrogen gas. S Mon is part
of a young open cluster of stars, NGC
2264, located about 2,500 light
years away toward the constellation
of Monoceros, just
north of the Cone Nebula.
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