Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2170
NGC 2170, Phil Yates
NGC 2170
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NGC 2170

NGC 2170, Phil Yates
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NGC 2170

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NGC 2170 is a dusty reflection nebula and stellar nursery that formed about 8 million years ago, located at the edge of the giant star-forming molecular cloud Monoceros R2, some 2,700 light-years away in the constellation of Monoceros.

Captured using the CHI 2 telescopw at Telescope Live.

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NGC 2170, Phil Yates