Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2237  ·  NGC 2238  ·  NGC 2239  ·  NGC 2246  ·  NGC 2252  ·  Rosette A  ·  Rosette B  ·  Rosette Nebula  ·  The star 12 Mon
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Rossetten-Nebula, Simone Grosso
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Rossetten-Nebula

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The Rosette Nebula is a diffuse emission nebula with an embedded open star cluster in the constellation of the Unicorn. The nebula has a size of 80.0' × 60.0' and an apparent magnitude of 6.0. Today the NGC objects denote NGC 2237 (observation by Lewis A. Swift of 1865)[2], NGC 2238 (observation of Albert Marth of February 28, 1864)[3], NGC 2239 (observation of John Herschel of March 1830) [4] and NGC 2246 (observation by Lewis A. Swift of February 27, 1886)[5] different parts of the nebula. Historically, the four numbers denoted slightly different star clusters and nebulae in this area.

At the center of the nebula is the open star cluster NGC 2244 = (NGC 2239) (observation by John Flamsteed on February 17, 1690)[6], which makes the nebula glow.

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Rossetten-Nebula, Simone Grosso