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Rosette Nebula, Jaspal Chadha
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Rosette Nebula

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Rosette Nebula

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The Rosette Nebula is called an emission nebula because it gives off different colours of light. The new stars inside the cloud are very hot, which causes the gases inside the nebula to give off, or emit, light. This makes emission nebulae glow with many colours.

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Rosette Nebula, Jaspal Chadha