Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  12 Mon  ·  NGC 2237  ·  NGC 2238  ·  NGC 2239  ·  NGC 2244  ·  NGC 2246  ·  NGC 2252  ·  Rosette A  ·  Rosette B  ·  Rosette Nebula  ·  Sh2-275  ·  The star 12Mon
NGC2237 / Rosette Nebula, Jeff Donaldson
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NGC2237 / Rosette Nebula

NGC2237 / Rosette Nebula, Jeff Donaldson
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NGC2237 / Rosette Nebula

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The Rosette Nebula, NGC 2237, is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the imagery of flowers, but it is the most famous. At the edge of a large molecular cloud in Monoceros some 5,000 light-years away, the petals of this cosmic rose are actually a stellar nursery. The lovely, symmetric shape is sculpted by the winds and radiation from its central cluster of hot young, O-type stars. Stars in the energetic cluster, cataloged as NGC 2244, are only a few million years young, while the central cavity in the Rosette Nebula, is about 50 light-years in diameter.

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NGC2237 / Rosette Nebula, Jeff Donaldson