Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Monkey Head Nebula  ·  NGC 2174  ·  NGC 2175
NGC 2175 SHO Monkey Head Nebula, Charles Duarte FRAS
NGC 2175 SHO Monkey Head Nebula
Powered byPixInsight

NGC 2175 SHO Monkey Head Nebula

NGC 2175 SHO Monkey Head Nebula, Charles Duarte FRAS
NGC 2175 SHO Monkey Head Nebula
Powered byPixInsight

NGC 2175 SHO Monkey Head Nebula

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

Open Cluster NGC 2175 is an open cluster in the Orion constellation, embedded in a diffusion nebula. It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 and independently discovered by Karl Christian Bruhns in 1857. NGC 2175 is at a distance of about 6,350 light years away from Earth.

Ha, OIII and SII filters using SHO method

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

NGC 2175 SHO Monkey Head Nebula, Charles Duarte FRAS