Hubble Revisits The Monkey Head Nebula

Hubble Revisits The Monkey Head Nebula

Hubblecast 73: In April 2014, the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope celebrated 24 years of observing. To mark this milestone, the observatory released a brand new image of part of NGC 2174, otherwise known as the Monkey Head Nebula. This Hubblecast episode showcases this beautiful image, which views a colorful region filled with young stars embedded within bright wisps of cosmic gas and dust.

Credits: European Space Agency/Hubble

Directed by: Georgia Bladon

Visual design and editing: Martin Kornmesser

Written by: Nicola Guttridge/Georgia Bladon & Nikita Marwaha

Narration: Sara Mendes da Costa

Images: NASA, ESA

- New image of NGC 2174: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Videos: Zoom video: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)

Music: Steve Buick

Web and technical support: Mathias Andre and Raquel Yumi Shida

Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen

Duration: 5 minutes, 30 seconds

Release Date: March 17, 2014

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