Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2170  ·  NGC 2182  ·  NGC 2185
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NGC 2170 - The Angel in the Unicorn, Casey Good
NGC 2170 - The Angel in the Unicorn
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NGC 2170 - The Angel in the Unicorn

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NGC 2170 - The Angel in the Unicorn, Casey Good
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NGC 2170 - The Angel in the Unicorn

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NGC 2170 is a dusty reflection nebula and stellar nursery that formed about 6 to 10 million years ago, located at the edge of the elliptically shaped, giant star-forming molecular cloud Monoceros R2 (Mon R2), some 2,700 light-years away in the constellation of Monoceros.

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    NGC 2170 - The Angel in the Unicorn, Casey Good
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    NGC 2170 - The Angel in the Unicorn, Casey Good
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Description: A closer crop of the angel

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NGC 2170 - The Angel in the Unicorn, Casey Good