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The Christmas Tree Cluster is lighting up the sky tonight, here’s how and when to see it!

Stargazers are in for a treat this December with the Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC 2264), a stunning formation of young stars ...

Meet the remarkable nebula shaped like a Christmas tree

The NGC 2264 is a vast stellar complex located in the Monoceros constellation, about 2,600 light-years away. It includes two ...

4 Christmas-themed constellations you can see in the sky this weekend

Keen stargazers can spot a number of Christmas-themed constellations in the sky this winter, including the Christmas Tree ...
Astronomy

When using astronomy software or astronomy books and atlases, I notice that not everyone draws the constellations the same way. Why?

Claudius Ptolemy's Almagest, dating to the second century A.D., cataloged 48 constellations, though the precise methodology for their delineation remains unknown due to the lack of surviving original ...