Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Dorado (Dor)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2004  ·  NGC 2011  ·  NGC 2014  ·  NGC 2020  ·  NGC 2021  ·  NGC 2030  ·  NGC 2032  ·  NGC 2035  ·  NGC 2040
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NGC 2014, Miles Zhou
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NGC 2014

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NGC 2014

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NGC 2014 is a 8th magnitude Bright Nebula appearing in the constellation Dorado. It is 158 thousand light years from our solar system. NGC 2014 appears roughly 30.0 x 20.0 arcminutes in size, corresponding to a physical diameter of 1375 light years.

Very close to NGC 2014 is a beautiful blue ring-shaped bright nebula, NGC 2020 (shown), which, together with NGC 2020, is collectively called Cosmic Reef.

This is an HRGB combination.

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NGC 2014, Miles Zhou