Zoom into The Monkey Head Nebula | Hubble

Zoom into The Monkey Head Nebula | Hubble

This video sequence begins by zooming through the constellation of Orion (The Hunter), finishing on NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope observations of part of NGC 2174, also known as the Monkey Head Nebula.

Distance: about 6,400 light-years away

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency, and G. Bacon of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Acknowledgment: A. Fujii, the Digitized Sky Survey 2, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: December 31, 2014

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