Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Monkey Head Nebula  ·  NGC 2174  ·  NGC 2175
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NGC  2174 Monkey head nebula, Dickvantatenhove
NGC  2174 Monkey head nebula
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NGC 2174 Monkey head nebula

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NGC  2174 Monkey head nebula, Dickvantatenhove
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NGC 2174 Monkey head nebula

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The Monkey Head Nebula is an emission nebula located in the constellation Orion, the Hunter. The nebula is an H II region, a large cloud of ionised gas in which new stars are being formed. The low-density cloud is a site of intense star formation. The Nebula lies about 6,400 light years from Earth. It is associated with the open cluster NGC 2175. It has the designation NGC 2174 in the New General Catalogue.

104 x 3 minutes of narrowband integration. 8/9 of March 2020 Almere haven

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NGC  2174 Monkey head nebula, Dickvantatenhove