| NGC2237-9 / Diffused Nebula, type 1 E |
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| R.A | 06h 30m 18.0s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | +05° 03' 00" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 64×61' |
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| Real Size | 67×64 light yrs. |
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| Magnitude | - |
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| Distance | 3600 light yrs. |
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| Other IDs | Sh2-275, LBN949 |
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The Rosette Nebula is a vast diffused nebula about 10 degrees east of Betelgeuse, alpha Ori.
It's extremely photographed and has a size of two times of that of the full moon.
Actually, this nebula carries four separate NGC numbers 2237, 2238,2239 and 2246 although it usually goes under the number of NGC2237.
It takes a large telescope to distinguish the whole of nebula because that's very faint,
so you'll detect the nebula as a ghostly bit of fluff around the star cluster of NGC2244.
By the way, I can remind the nebula of not only a flower of rose but also a skull, and the nebula has both impressions of beauty and eeriness.
How do you think?
It is surmised that the nebula include lots of lumps of gases coalescing, and producing either a new star or perhaps even a whole new solar system.
The nebula is about 3600 light years away.
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