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Angel Nebula (NGC 2170), DoubleStarPhotography
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Angel Nebula (NGC 2170)

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Angel Nebula (NGC 2170)

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NGC 2170 or Angel Nebula is a dusty reflection nebula and stellar nursery that formed about 6 to 10 million years ago, located at the edge of a giant star-forming molecular cloud Monoceros R2 (Mon R2), some 2,700 light-years away in the constellation of Monoceros.NGC 2170 was discovered on October 16, 1784 by William Herschel.

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