Rosette Nebula
The Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237–39, 2244) is a large H II region and stellar nursery about 5,200 light‑years away in the constellation Monoceros. Spanning roughly 100 light‑years, it consists of a central cavity surrounded by ionized gas illuminated and sculpted by the young star cluster NGC 2244, with pillars, cavities, and ongoing star formation.
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APODs including "Rosette Nebula"
Meteor Milky Way
26/11/1998
The bold, bright star patterns of Orion (right) are a familiar sight to even casual skygazers. But this gorgeous color photo also features a subtler spectacle - the faint stars of the Milky Way. A broad region of the Milky Way runs vertically through the picture with the striking red Rosette Nebula in bloom left of center. Cutting across this dim, diffuse band of stars which lie along the plane of our Galaxy is a meteor streak. It seems to pass just under the red-orange giant star Betelgeuse at Orion's shoulder. Astrophotographer Jeff Medkeff recorded this and other beautiful time exposures from a dark sky countryside southeast of Sierra Vista, Arizona USA, during November's Leonid meteor shower.