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Proper Name	None
Messier Number	None
NGC/IC Number	NGC 2175
Other Designations	Associated with the Monkey Head Nebula, NGC 2174 (which is itself sometimes designated NGC 2175)
Constellation	Orion
Right Ascension	6h 9m 39s
Declination	+20° 29' 12"
Distance	6,350 light years 1,940 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +6.80 Absolute: -4.64
Diameter	Apparent: 22' Actual: 34 light years
Optimum Visibility	January
Notes	This is a cluster of young stars embedded within the Monkey Head Nebula in northern Orion, more than six thousand light years from the Solar System. Note that the NGC numbers used for the cluster and its surrounding nebula are applied differently by different sources, but here we follow the convention of using NGC 2175 for the open cluster, and NGC 2174 for the nebula in which it lies.

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