The Snowflake Cluster and the Cone Nebula

Bright stars from the Snowflake Cluster located about 2,500 light years away toward the constellation of the Unicorn, dot the field. These stars soon heat up and destroy the gas and dust mountains in which they formed. One such dust mountain is the famous Cone Nebula, visible in the above image on the left, pointing toward a bright star near the center of the field.