NGC 2174 - The Monkey Head Nebula

Looks like 2019 is starting to have some more clear nights than last year. Of course, we are only in February, but so far, so good!

In late January I was able to capture a difficult object - the "Monkey Head Nebula" in narrowband (in the Hubble palette - SHO).

NGC 2174 - The Monkey Head Nebula
Jan 25-26, 2019   WO GT102 f5.5   6.8 hours
ASI1600mm RGBSHO
Details on Astrobin

NGC 2174 (also known as Monkey Head Nebula) is an H II emission nebula located in the constellation Orion and is associated with the open star cluster NGC 2175. It is thought to be located about 6,400 light-years away from Earth. Since emission nebulae are rich in Ha light, the SHO palette shows them off quite well.