NGC 2467, nicknamed the "Skull and Crossbones Nebula",[3] is a star-forming region whose appearance has occasionally also been likened to that of a colorful mandrill.

[4] This region was one of the areas featured in the book Hubble's Universe: Greatest Discoveries and Latest Images by Terence Dickinson.

[8] The region is dominated by a massive young star, HD 64315 (annotated in Commons, below and left of center), of spectral type O6.

[9] One such investigation was conducted using the Spitzer Space Telescope, which discovered 45 young stellar objects (YSOs), or protostars, in the region during its "cold" mission, i.e. before its supply of liquid helium ran out.

[9] The concentrated distribution of these objects spatially correlated with the ionization fronts provides evidence for triggered star formation.