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Pillars of NGC 2174 - "Monkey Head"
North is to the right in this image - it is a close up of the western "wall" of NGC 2174 - the "Monkey Head" nebula. NGC 2174 is also known as Sh2-252 and LBN 854. It is an emission nebula structure with most of the Ionization energy coming from the star HD 42088. Its distance is about 5,700 light years distant. NGC 2174 and its immediate surrounds hosts five star clusters - three of which are in the field of this image. The are designated as Sh2-252 A, C, and E. There are also dark nebula from the Dobashi catalog in this image field. These objects, information, and some of the brighter stars are identified in the website annotated image (zoomable).
Full FOV website image (zoomable) - Full FOV un-annotated image
A portion of my image field was also taken by HST in 2001. The HST image is optical wavelength bands. (a later one was done by HST in near IR - revealing many hidden stars and structures; JWST also did this image in multiple IR bands with has remarkably improved detail). Image crop of JT (me) is shown below for comparison purposes. As could be expected, HST got a more detailed image, but the JT image does show some of the HST structures.
Credit:NASA and ESA
Acknowledgment: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and J. Hester
HST Image (taken 2001; released 2011)
JT Image (taken 2023; published 2024)
Full FOV website image (zoomable) - Full FOV un-annotated image
A portion of my image field was also taken by HST in 2001. The HST image is optical wavelength bands. (a later one was done by HST in near IR - revealing many hidden stars and structures; JWST also did this image in multiple IR bands with has remarkably improved detail). Image crop of JT (me) is shown below for comparison purposes. As could be expected, HST got a more detailed image, but the JT image does show some of the HST structures.
Credit:NASA and ESA
Acknowledgment: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and J. Hester
HST Image (taken 2001; released 2011) JT Image (taken 2023; published 2024)Loading...