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
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<br/><br/> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://mxplank.com/Nebulae - Series - 9 - Young stars sculpt gas with powerful outflows.php"> <div><img src="https://mxplank.com/images/heic0514a.jpg" alt="This Hubble Space Telescope view shows one of the most dynamic and intricately detailed star-forming regions in space, located 210,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way." height="64%" width="64%"> </div> <br/><p style="width:64%;text-align:left;color:white;background-color:DarkCyan;font-size:22px;" >This Hubble Space Telescope view shows one of the most dynamic and intricately detailed star-forming regions in space, located 210,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. At the centre of the region is a brilliant star cluster called NGC 346. A dramatic structure of arched, ragged filaments with a distinct ridge surrounds the cluster.</p> </a>
<br/><br/> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://mxplank.com/Star Clusters - Series - 9 - Globular cluster 47 Tucanae.php"> <div><img src="https://mxplank.com/images/heic1510a.jpg" alt="This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a globular cluster known as NGC 104 - or, more commonly, 47 Tucanae, since it is part of the constellation of Tucana (The Toucan) in the southern sky." height="64%" width="64%"> </div> <br/><p style="width:64%;text-align:left;color:white;background-color:DarkCyan;font-size:22px;" >This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a globular cluster known as NGC 104 - or, more commonly, 47 Tucanae, since it is part of the constellation of Tucana (The Toucan) in the southern sky.</p> </a>
<br/><br/> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://mxplank.com/Stars - Series - Jets, bubbles and bursts of light in Taurus.php"> <div><img src="https://mxplank.com/images/heic1424a.jpg" alt="The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a striking view of a multiple star system called XZ Tauri, its neighbour HL Tauri and several nearby young stellar objects. XZ Tauri is blowing a hot bubble of gas into the surrounding space, which is filled with bright and beautiful clumps that are emitting strong winds and jets. These objects illuminate the region, creating a truly dramatic scene" height="64%" width="64%"> </div> <br/><p style="width:64%;text-align:left;color:white;background-color:DarkCyan;font-size:22px;" >The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a striking view of a multiple star system called XZ Tauri, its neighbour HL Tauri and several nearby young stellar objects. XZ Tauri is blowing a hot bubble of gas into the surrounding space, which is filled with bright and beautiful clumps that are emitting strong winds and jets</p> </a>
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