Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2175
Monkey Head Nebula, jprejean
Monkey Head Nebula
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Monkey Head Nebula

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
Monkey Head Nebula, jprejean
Monkey Head Nebula
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Monkey Head Nebula

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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NGC 2174 (also known as Monkey Head Nebula) is an H II emission nebula located in the constellation Orion and is associated with the open star cluster NGC 2175. It is thought to be located about 6,400 light-years away from Earth. The nebula may have formed through hierarchical collapse.

Processed from FITs subframes in from Telescope Live using PixInsight.

Captured at El Sauce Observatory, Chile.

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