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Monkey Head Nebula NGC 2174, Nicholas Barrowclough
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Monkey Head Nebula NGC 2174

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Monkey Head Nebula NGC 2174, Nicholas Barrowclough
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Monkey Head Nebula NGC 2174

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NGC 2174 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.

THis is my first time capturing this image, and I used a UV/IR cut filter. I think I need to get more time on this (only 3 hours of data here) and remove the UV IR cut filter, in addition to using a dual pass filter to capture more of the hydrogen and oxygen emissions from this nebula.

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Monkey Head Nebula NGC 2174, Nicholas Barrowclough