NGC2174
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NGC 2174 (also known as Monkey Head Nebula) is an H II emission nebula located in the constellation Orion and is associated with the open star cluster NGC 2175. It is thought to be located about 6,400 light-years away from Earth. Glowing gas and dark dust do not survive well in the Monkey Head Nebula. Young stars near the center of the nebula generate stellar winds and high energy radiation that causes the nebula's material to shift into complex shapes. The nebula is primarily composed of hydrogen which glows at infrared wavelengths due to the radiation. This image was created from 3 subframes of different wavelengths from the WFC/IR channel of the Hubble WFC Camera taken in 2015. These raw data files were downloaded from the Hubble Archive and processed using PixInsight. The Infra Red data was mapped to the 3 visual channels (F105 to Red, F125 to Green and F160 to Blue) to maximise the detail inside this amazing object
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