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NGC2244 - Rosette Nebula, Alessandro Cavallaro
NGC2244 - Rosette Nebula
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NGC2244 - Rosette Nebula

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NGC2244 - Rosette Nebula, Alessandro Cavallaro
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NGC2244 - Rosette Nebula

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The big beauty of the winter sky!!!

The rosette nebula is just a mesmerizing beauty. This emission nebula that surrounds a cluster of stars is one of the widest bright nebulae that can be observed in the winter sky.

Photo taken from the Mount Lemmon Sky Center Observatory.

Copyright Alessandro Cavallaro / Mount Lemmon Sky Center / University of Arizona

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NGC2244 - Rosette Nebula, Alessandro Cavallaro