Category: KPO Digital Images

Here is NGC 2174, The Monkeyhead Nebula, found in the constellation of Orion. NGC 2174 is an H II emission nebula, associated with the open star cluster NGC 2175. It is thought to be located about 6,400 light-years away from Earth. The purple glow inside the monkey’s “head” is predominantly oxygen III emissions, captured through Read More …

Here is IC 2177, a region of nebulosity that lies along the border between the constellations of Monoceros and Canis Major. The name Seagull Nebula is sometimes applied by amateur astronomers to this emission region, although it more properly includes the neighboring regions of star clusters, dust clouds and reflection nebulae. This latter region includes Read More …

Our first Digital Image of 2022: here is IC 405, the Flaming Star Nebula. The Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) is a diffuse emission/reflection nebula in Auriga constellation. It surrounds the irregular variable star AE Aurigae, a runaway star believed to originate in the Orion Nebula area in the constellation of Orion. The nebula is Read More …

Here is the Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49), an H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The open cluster NGC 2244 is closely associated with the nebulosity, the stars of the cluster having been formed from the nebula’s gas and dust. The Read More …

Here is NGC 2264, The Christmas Tree Cluster, in the constellation of Monoceros. The Christmas Tree Cluster is a young open cluster located in the constellation Monoceros. It is part of the NGC 2264 region, along with the Cone Nebula and the Fox Fur Nebula, and belongs to the Monoceros OB1 association, a loose association Read More …