Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2174  ·  NGC 2175
NGC 2174 - Monkey Head Nebula, Victor Van Puyenbroeck
NGC 2174 - Monkey Head Nebula
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NGC 2174 - Monkey Head Nebula, Victor Van Puyenbroeck
NGC 2174 - Monkey Head Nebula
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NGC 2174 is a star forming region in Orion with interesting dark structures that resemble the profile of a monkey's head. In the center of this emission nebula lies the star cluster known as NGC 2175.

I setup APT to capture mostly Ha subs, as I found out that you can get pretty good colors with just a little OIII and SII. The three channels were first converted to tone maps, combined as SHO, and Ha was used as a luminance layer. This approach included strong noise reduction in the OIII and SII tone maps, which allowed stronger stretching of these channels despite their limited integration time.

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Description: Alternative color blend

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NGC 2174 - Monkey Head Nebula, Victor Van Puyenbroeck