... In the Vicinity of the Cone Nebula . ... The unusual shapes originate from fine interstellar dust reacting in complex ways with the energetic light and hot gas being expelled by the young stars. The brightest star on the right of the above picture is S Mon , while the region just above it has been nicknamed the Fox Fur Nebula for its color and structure. ... S Mon is part of a young open cluster of stars named NGC 2264 , located about 2500 light years away toward the constellation of Monoceros . ...