NGC 2174

NGC 2174

NGC 2174 (also named the Monkey Head Nebula) is an emission nebula in the constellation of Orion. It is about 6,400 light-years away from Earth.

NGC 2174 Media

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  24th anniversary image – 2014 – A set of Infrared images of Monkey Head Nebula incl. NGC 2174 and Sharpless Sh2-252

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  Infrared image of NGC 2174 as viewed by the Spitzer Space Telescope

• Monkey Head Nebula in Narrowband Sulfur-Hydrogen Alpha- Oxygen with a 1000mm telescope

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  Monkey Head Nebula in hydrogen alpha focal length 384mm

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  Monkey Head Nebula in bi-color with a 384mm telescope

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  Monkeyhead nebula taken with a 140mm refractor by amateur astronomer Mark Johnston

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  NGC 2174 (Monkey Head Nebula) in SHO palette by W4SM, 17" PlaneWave CDK scope, Louisa, VA