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The Rosette Nebula is a vast star-forming region, 100 light-years across, that lies at one end of a giant molecular cloud in the constellation Monoceros.
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The nebula is estimated to contain around 10,000 solar masses. The nebula is located about 5,000 light-years away from Earth.
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Intense radiation from the young stars inside a cluster in the nebula causes the gasses to glow.
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A Hubble inset reveals dark hydrogen clouds against a dusty backdrop, set within the larger Digitized Sky Survey image of the Rosette Nebula.
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The colors come from the presence of hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.
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Explore the nebula's multiwavelength appearance on Viewspace.org.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, DSS