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NGC 2264: Cone Nebula at bottom with inverted Christmas Tree cluster above the cone; the bright star just above the cone is the tree topper and the very bright star at the top of the image is the center of the tree tunk. The Fox Fur Nebula is at the top right corner. The Snowflake nebula is in the middle which shows up better on the infrared image. Image Credit: NASA #nasa #nebula #astronomy #astrophysic #spacegram #astrogram #NASAgram

VV 340: A Cosmic Exclamation Point This composite image of VV 340 contains X-ray data from Chandra and optical data from Hubble. The two galaxies shown here are in the early stage of an interaction that will eventually lead to them merging in millions of years. The Chandra data shows that the northern galaxy contains a rapidly growing supermassive black hole that is heavily obscured by dust and gas. Data from other wavelengths shows that the two interacting galaxies are evolving at different rates. Image Credit: X-ray NASA/CXC/IfA/D.Sanders et al; Optical NASA/STScl/NRAO/A.Evans et al #nasa #chandra #hubble #galaxy #supermassive #blackhole #astronomy #space #universe #spacegram #NASAgram #astrogram