Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  IC 2177
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NGC 2327 - The Parrot's Head Nebula, Mark Striebeck
NGC 2327 - The Parrot's Head Nebula
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Description

This nebula is part of a larger region known as the Seagull Nebula. It's an HII region and emission nebula with an embedded star - HD 53367 - wich ionizes it. HD 53367 is a young 20 solar mass star with a 5 solar mass companion in a highly elliptical orbit.

It's at a distance of 3750 lightyears from earth and has a diameter of ~100 lightyears.

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NGC 2327 - The Parrot's Head Nebula, Mark Striebeck