Monkey Head Nebula (NGC2174, NGC2175, Sh2-282)....a look inside in SHO (DoubleStarPhotography)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: IC 2159 · LBN 854 · Monkey Head Nebula · NGC 2174 · NGC 2175 · Sh2-252

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Monkey Head Nebula (NGC2174, NGC2175, Sh2-282)....a look inside in SHO

Revision title: Inaide the Monkey Head Nebula (NGC2174) redux!

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Monkey Head Nebula (NGC2174, NGC2175, Sh2-282)....a look inside in SHO

Revision title: Inaide the Monkey Head Nebula (NGC2174) redux!

The Monkey Head Nebula is a fairly bright star-forming region located above the raised arm of Orion the Hunter.

Newborn stars forming in the center of the nebula illuminate the surrounding gases with energetic radiation. Strong stellar winds erode the lower-density dust and gases, but higher density materials resist the erosion forming pillars and peaks along the inner edge of the nebula, especially noticeable in the left portion of the nebula as oriented in this image.

The number apparently on this Monkey's mind! ;-)

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Title: Inaide the Monkey Head Nebula (NGC2174) redux!

Description: Same data but a complete reprocess to try and better reveal the subtle details on the pillars and shock front wall. This version is still using a SHO mapping of the data, but applied the color pallette of the D1 filter for better contrast and detail preservation.

I initially though there was an ox-bow shape in the dark filaments on the left hand side of the image before the shock wall, but in this version the ox-box has become a beautifully shaped '9' or '6'. (Dependng on how the image is oriented)

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RA (center)	06h09m53s.426
RA (top/left)	06h08m32s.677
RA (top/right)	06h11m16s.929
RA (bottom/right)	06h11m14s.538
RA (bottom/left)	06h08m29s.512

Dec (center)	+20°33′51″.40
Dec (top/left)	+20°14′18″.90
Dec (top/right)	+20°14′56″.55
Dec (bottom/right)	+20°53′21″.41
Dec (bottom/left)	+20°52′42″.48

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Monkey Head Nebula (NGC2174, NGC2175, Sh2-282)....a look inside in SHO

Revision title: Inaide the Monkey Head Nebula (NGC2174) redux!

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