Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Monkey Head Nebula  ·  NGC 2174  ·  NGC 2175
Monkey Head Nebula, Keith Grice
Monkey Head Nebula
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Monkey Head Nebula

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The Monkey Head Nebula is an emission nebula, which means it is a cloud of gas that emits its own light. This is as opposed to a reflection nebula in which hot stars cause surrounding gas to glow.It is associated with open star cluster NGC 2175 and can be found in the can be found in the Orion constellation.

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Monkey Head Nebula, Keith Grice