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Rosette Nebula in Monoceros
author: C.Picking/Novapix
reference: a-neb22-37010
Image Size 300 DPI: 26 * 17 cm
The Rosette Nebula is a large, circular H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in
the constellation Monoceros, approximately 5,500 light years from Earth.
Within the nebula, the blue open cluster NGC 2244 aged less than 1 million years.
the constellation Monoceros, approximately 5,500 light years from Earth.
Within the nebula, the blue open cluster NGC 2244 aged less than 1 million years.
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