Zooming in on NGC 2174

This video sequence begins by zooming through the constellation of Orion (The Hunter), finishing on new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observations of part of NGC 2174, also known as the Monkey Head Nebula.

NGC 2174 lies about 6400 light-years away. Hubble previously viewed this part of the sky back in 2011 , and the space telescope has now revisited the region to celebrate its 24th year of operation.

This image was created using infrared observations from Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 .