APOD 4.4

Cosmic dust and gas interacting with the energetic light and winds from hot young stars forms this interstellar beast, known as the Fox Fur Nebula; the shape, visual texture, and color all combine to give this nebula its name. The blue glow on the left is dust reflecting light and winds from the bright star S Mon, which is actually outside the left edge of the image. The pink and brown colors are the combination of cosmic dust and reddish emission from ionized hydrogen gas. The star S Mon is part of a young open cluster of stars, NGC 2264, located about 2500 light-years away in the direction of Monoceros, just north of the Cone Nebula. Its pretty cool how you can actually see a fox type shape and how the colors are also similar to that of a fox.