Space Everest NGC 2174
by Weston Westmoreland
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Space Everest NGC 2174
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Weston Westmoreland
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Photograph - Photograph
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This Amazing space dust formation is known as Monkey head Nebula. I turned it 90 degrees because I like it better as a huge space mountain with the summit covered by snow.
To celebrate its 24th year in orbit, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has released this beautiful new image of part of NGC 2174, also known as the Monkey Head Nebula. NGC 2174 lies about 6400 light-years away in the constellation of Orion (The Hunter). Hubble previously viewed this part of the sky back in 2011 � the colorful region is filled with young stars embedded within bright wisps of cosmic gas and dust. This portion of the Monkey Head Nebula was imaged in the infrared using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3.
Original image and text by NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), image enhancements and post processing by Weston Westmoreland.
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November 24th, 2014
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