Rosette Nebula Deep Field

Explanation: Can you find the Rosette Nebula? The red flowery-looking nebula just above the image center may seem a good choice, but that's not it. The famous Rosette Nebula is really located on the lower right, here colored blue and white , and connected to the other nebulas by gold-colored filaments. Because the featured image of Rosette's field is so wide , and because of its deep red exposure, it seems to contain other flowers. Designated NGC 2237 , the center of the Rosette Nebula is populated by the bright blue stars of open cluster NGC 2244 , whose winds and energetic light are evacuating the nebula's center. The Rosette Nebula is about 5,000 light years distant and, just by itself, spans about three times the diameter of a full moon . This flowery field can be found toward the constellation of the Unicorn ( Monoceros ).

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