Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  IC 2177  ·  NGC 2335
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IC 2177, John Bozeman
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IC 2177

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IC 2177

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IC 2177 is a region of nebulosity that lies along the border between the constellations Monoceros and Canis Major. It is a roughly circular H II region centered on the Be star HD 53367. The name Seagull Nebula is sometimes applied by amateur astronomers to this emission region, although it more properly includes the neighboring regions of star clusters, dust clouds and reflection nebulae. This latter region includes the open clusters NGC 2335 and NGC 2343. NGC 2327 is located in IC 2177. It is also known as the Seagull's Head, due to its larger presence in the Seagull nebula.

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NASA/ESA, the DSS-II and GSC-II Consortia (with images from the 'Palomar Observatory-STScI Digital Sky Survey of the northern sky, based on scans of the Second Palomar Sky Survey are copyright ) 1993-1999 by the California Institute of Technology)

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IC 2177, John Bozeman