page_title: NGC 1931
hierarchical_section_title: NGC 1931
caption_attribution_description: English: NGC 1931 Difuse nebula and cluster taken with Celestron 9.25 and Modified Canon 350D
context_page_description: NGC 1931, is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga. The nebula has been referred to as a "miniature version of the Orion Nebula", as it shares some of the same characteristics. It is a mixed emission-reflection nebula, and contains a smaller version of the Trapezium in its hot young star cluster centered in the emission nebula. The entire cluster/nebula complex is only about 3 arcmin in size. The distance from earth is estimated at about 7000 light years.
  The nebula is Sharpless catalog Sh 2-237.
context_section_description: NGC 1931, is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga. The nebula has been referred to as a "miniature version of the Orion Nebula", as it shares some of the same characteristics. It is a mixed emission-reflection nebula, and contains a smaller version of the Trapezium in its hot young star cluster centered in the emission nebula. The entire cluster/nebula complex is only about 3 arcmin in size. The distance from earth is estimated at about 7000 light years.
  The nebula is Sharpless catalog Sh 2-237.
caption: NGC 1931
exif: {"Image XResolution": "100", "Image YResolution": "100", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch"}