Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2175
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Monkey Head Eyes, Steve Solon and Terry Chatterton
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NGC-2174, colloquially-known as the Monkey Head Nebula, is an HII region residing some 6,400 light years away in Orion. The most distinctive portion of this system is the 'eyes', shown here through h-alpha filtering. The shape and dimensions are constantly changing due to emitted radiation from the star cluster at the center of the nebula.

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Monkey Head Eyes, Steve Solon and Terry Chatterton