Wallpaper author:
Simon Bakewell
23 Sept 2023
Rosette Nebula NGC 2244
The Rosette Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49) is an H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The open cluster NGC 2244 (Caldwell 50) is closely associated with the nebulosity, the stars of the cluster having been formed from the nebula's matter
Dataset from which the image was processed
Caldwell 49
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