Rosette Nebula
The Rosette Nebula is an H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy.
The cluster and nebula lie at a distance of 5,000 light-years from Earth and measure roughly 130 light years in diameter. The radiation from the young stars excites the atoms in the nebula, causing them to emit radiation themselves producing the emission nebula we see. The mass of the nebula is estimated to be around 10,000 solar masses.
RIGHT ASCENSION
06h 33m 45s
DECLINATION
+04° 59′ 54″
DISTANCE
5,200 ly
Hubble color palette created from merging multiple gray scale images using Ha, OIII and SII filters to capture different wavelengths of light. A total of 70 long exposure images taken over several hours make up this final image.
