Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Monkey Head Nebula  ·  NGC 2174  ·  NGC 2194  ·  Part of the constellation Orion (Ori)  ·  The star 64Ori  ·  The star 69Ori  ·  The star 71Ori  ·  The star 72Ori  ·  The star 73Ori  ·  The star 74Ori  ·  The star νGem  ·  The star νOri  ·  The star ξOri  ·  The star χ2Ori
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OriGem Loop including Lower's Nebula, David Elmore
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OriGem Loop including Lower's Nebula

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OriGem Loop including Lower's Nebula, David Elmore
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OriGem Loop including Lower's Nebula

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The OriGem Loop, left of center, includes Sh2-261 (Lower's Nebula), Sh2-266, Sh2-267, Sh2-268, Sh2-269, Sh2-270, Sh2-271, & Sh2-272.  All of these are part of the faint OriGem Loop a supernova remnant discovered using radio data in the 1970s.  The Origem Loop: an Old Supernova Remnant in the Anticentre, Elly M. Berkhuijsen, Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie Bonn, Received May 20, 1974
For fun the Monkey Head is included on the right.

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OriGem Loop including Lower's Nebula, David Elmore

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