Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Monkey Head Nebula  ·  NGC 2174  ·  NGC 2175
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NGC2174 (Monkey Head Nebula) SHO + RGB stars, Jian Yuan Peng
NGC2174 (Monkey Head Nebula) SHO + RGB stars
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NGC2174 (Monkey Head Nebula) SHO + RGB stars

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NGC2174 (Monkey Head Nebula) SHO + RGB stars, Jian Yuan Peng
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NGC2174 (Monkey Head Nebula) SHO + RGB stars

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NGC2174 (aka Monkey Head Nebula) is located in the constellation Orion about 6,400 light-years away. NGC 2174 can be found with binoculars near the head of the Orion hunter during the winter and its size is larger than the full Moon. NGC 2174 is an H II emission nebula as well as a star-forming region surrounding loose open clusters of young stars.

This image is the Hubble color palette (SHO) plus the natural star color using R, G, and B filters.

Technical details:

Telescope: TEC 160FL + TEC FRC 0.9x

Mount: Astro-Physics Mach 2 GTO

Imaging cameras:ZWO ASI6200MM

Software: PHD2, PixInsight, Lightroom 6.4, Sequence Generator Pro, Photoshop CS6

Location: Palo Alto, California, USA

Total Integration: 32.9 Hours

PhotometricColorCalibration data(before crop):

Resolution ............... 0.783 arcsec/px

Rotation ................. 146.171 deg

Observation start time ... 2021-02-06 02:38:39 UTC

Observation end time ..... 2021-02-25 06:16:52 UTC

Focal distance ........... 990.02 mm

Pixel size ............... 3.76 um

Field of view ............ 2d 5' 1.6" x 1d 23' 24.2"

Image center ............. RA: 6 09 53.922 Dec: +20 33 09.96

Filters: Astrodon 50mm Unmounted LRGB Gen2 E-Series Filter Sets

Astrodon 50mm Unmounted 3nm Narrowband Ha, SII, OIII filters

Blue 22x120" 44 Minutes Bin1x1

Green 22x120" 44 Minutes Bin1x1

Red 22x120" 44 Minutes Bin1x1

Ha 45x900" 11.25 Hours Bin1x1

OIII 35x900" 8.75 Hours Bin1x1

SII 43x900" 10.75 Hours Bin1x1

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NGC2174 (Monkey Head Nebula) SHO + RGB stars, Jian Yuan Peng