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Rosette Nebula

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Rosette Nebula

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The Rosette Nebula is a vast emission nebula located about 5,200 light years away.  The stars in the center of the nebula are responsible for the nebula’s glow. Their radiation ionizes the surrounding clouds of nebulosity, causing them to emit their own light. The nebula glows in the red part of the spectrum because the powerful ultraviolet radiation from the stars strips electrons from the nebula’s hydrogen atoms. The Rosette Nebula is a very active stellar nursery. The dark filaments of dust extending toward the center of the nebula, sometimes called “elephant trunks,” are shaped by the stellar winds and radiation from hot young stars and electromagnetic forces.

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Rosette Nebula, Daniel Stern