Hubble Telescope Snaps Stunning Monkey Head Nebula Views for 24th Birthday (Photo, Video)
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 07:50
in Astronomy & Space
The new infrared mosaic from Hubble shows knotty curls of dust and gas in the Monkey Head Nebula, a star-forming region that lies about 6,400 light-years away from Earth and is also known as NGC 2174 and Sharpless Sh2-252.