Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2237  ·  NGC 2238  ·  NGC 2239  ·  NGC 2246  ·  NGC 2252  ·  Rosette A  ·  Rosette B  ·  Rosette Nebula  ·  The star 12 Mon
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NGC 2244 SHO, David Molina
NGC 2244 SHO
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NGC 2244 in the Hubble SHO palette is an open cluster in the Rosette Nebula, located in the constellation Monoceros. This cluster has several type O stars, super hot stars that generate large amounts of radiation and stellar wind.
You can see the Herbig Haro 889 object discovered in 2004 by NOAO astronomers who announced a recent discovery of a very young star with a Herbig-Haro type jet.

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NGC 2244 SHO, David Molina