Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Monkey Head Nebula  ·  NGC 2174  ·  NGC 2175  ·  The star 68Ori
The Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174)  in Hubble palette (SHO), Arun Venkataswamy
The Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174)  in Hubble palette (SHO)
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The Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174) in Hubble palette (SHO)

The Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174)  in Hubble palette (SHO), Arun Venkataswamy
The Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174)  in Hubble palette (SHO)
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The Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174) in Hubble palette (SHO)

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The Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174) is an emission nebula located in the Orion constellation. The image is combination of 3 narrowband images combined together in the popular SHO or Hubble palette. The 3 images were shot with H-alpha, Sulphur-2 and Oxygen-3 filters and then mapped as S2 for Red, Ha for Green and O3 for Blue.

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  • The Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174)  in Hubble palette (SHO), Arun Venkataswamy
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    The Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174)  in Hubble palette (SHO), Arun Venkataswamy
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The Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174)  in Hubble palette (SHO), Arun Venkataswamy