Amazing ’Christmas Tree Cluster’ in space captured by multiple observatories

Just in time for the holidays, see amazing imagery of star cluster NGC 2264, nicknamed the Christmas Tree Cluster. Captured by the WIYN telescope on Kitt Peak, Two Micron All Sky Survey and Chandra X-ray Observatory. Full Story: Credit: | imagery: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: T.A. Rector (NRAO/AUI/NSF and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA) and B.A. Wolpa (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA); Infrared: NASA/NSF/IPAC/CalTech/Univ. of Massachusetts; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare & | edited by [Steve Spaleta]() Music: Christmas Wonders by Howard Harper-Barnes / courtesy of