Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  HD252924  ·  HD41786  ·  HD42088  ·  HD42400  ·  IC 2159  ·  LBN 854  ·  Monkey Head Nebula  ·  NGC 2174  ·  NGC 2175  ·  Sh2-252
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Monkey Head Nebula, Martin Weston
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Monkey Head Nebula

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Monkey Head Nebula

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The Monkey Head Nebula is a star-forming region located 6,400 light-years away in the Orion constellation.
NGC 2174, to give it is formal name, is a place where new stars are being born at a fierce and rapid rate, and these newly born stars emit powerful streams of charged particles known as stellar winds that blow the gas and dust away, removing the ingredients necessary for future stars to be born.
Dark dust streams among the glowing cosmic cloud to give the nebula its ape-like appearance.

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Monkey Head Nebula, Martin Weston