Star-forming simian


Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • The Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174/5) is a star-forming region.
  • It's located about 5,300 light-years away in the Orion constellation.
  • The image was created using 148.4 hours of exposure time.
  • A 5-inch telescope was used to capture the image.
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Georgii Konkov from Williamsburg, Virginia

The Monkey Head Nebula refers to the stellar nursery NGC 2174/5, a nebula surrounding an open cluster roughly 5,300 light-years distant in Orion. The imager took 148.4 hours of SHORGB data with a 5-inch scope at f/5.6.