NGC2175
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NGC 2175
NGC 2175 is a very young open cluster of stars in the equatorial constellation of Orion. It was discovered by Italian astronomer Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 and independently discovered by German astronomer Karl Christian Bruhns on February 6, 1877. NGC 2175 is at a distance of about 5,290 light years away from Earth, and it is embedded in a diffuse nebula, NGC 2174.
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