... Arizona ), NASA Explanation: The star cataloged as NGC2264 IRS is normally hidden from the inquiring gaze of optical telescopes . ... Imaged in penetrating infrared light by the Hubble Space Telescope's NICMOS instrument, this young and massive star was found to be surrounded by six "baby" sun-like stars - all within less than a tenth of a light-year of their "big brother". ... Publications with keywords: infrared - star formation - NGC 2264 . ... A Galactic Star Forming Region in Infrared . ...