Emission nebula
The Rosette Nebula
Also NGC 2237 · Caldwell 49 · Sh 2-275
A rose-shaped cloud of glowing gas whose central cluster has hollowed out its middle.
Measured
- Distance
- 5,200 light-years
- Size
- about 130 light-years across (approximate)
- Constellation
- Monoceros
- Position (J2000)
- RA 6h 32m 27s, Dec +4.79°
How far, from the Sun
5,200 light-years. To cross it:
- Light5,200 years
- Voyager 1's speed92.4 million years
- Driving at 100 km/h56.1 billion years
Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.
Facts
- Its central cluster, NGC 2244, has blown a hole through the middle with its stellar winds.
- It spans about 1.3 degrees of sky, more than twice the width of the full Moon.
- John Flamsteed noticed its star cluster around 1690.
Where this comes from
- Phelps & Ybarra 2005 (1.6 kpc)
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