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NGC 2174 - The Monkey Head Nebula in Hydrogen Alpha
NGC 2174 is an HII emission nebula located in the constellation Orion and is associated with the open star cluster NGC 2175. It is thought to be located about 6400 light-years away from earth.

The open star cluster NGC 2175 can be seen in this image at the bottom-center of the nebulous region of the Monkey Head.

On the upper-left side of the image is the emission nebula SH2-247.
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Filename:NGC2174-Ha.jpg
Album name:goodp / Nebulas
Rating (3 votes):
Keywords:Ha SV90T Nebula
Telescope/Mount:Stellarvue SV90T Fluorite Triplet APO at f/5.6 with Televue 0.8x Reducer/Corrector. Mountain Instruments MI-250 Mount
CCD:SBIG ST-10XME with Astrodon Ha
Image Details and Processing:160 minutes in 20 minute subframes. Captured with CCDSoft and automated with CCD Commander. Processed with CCD Inspector, CCDStack and Photoshop.
Date and Location:Denver, CO. December 29, 2007
File Size:1893 KB
Date added:Dec 30, 2007
Dimensions:2184 x 1472 pixels
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