NGC2244 - Rosette Nebula, Michael Deger

NGC2244 - Rosette Nebula

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The Rosette Nebula ia a large HII - region in the constellation of Monoceros. Visible in this nebula are

some globules of dark dust and gas, in the centre the open star cluster NGC2244 can be seen.

The cluster and nebula have a distance from 5200 Light years. The image was processed by using the HST ( Hubble ) Palette with SII assigned to red channel, HA to green channel and OIII to blue channel.

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NGC2244 - Rosette Nebula, Michael Deger