Emission nebula NGC 2174. North is at top. The nebula is also called the Monkey nebula. It is a cloud of gas and dust that emits light as the hydrogen gas it contains is ionised by radiation from hot young stars that formed within it. In this case,the nebula is lit by the central star cluster NGC 2175. Photographed by the 1.22-metre Oschin Telescope at Mount Palomar,California,USA | |
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