Rosette Nebula [SEP] constellation
Rosette Nebula
The Rosette Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49) is a large spherical H II region (circular in appearance) 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.
The complex has the following NGC designations:
- NGC 2237 – Part of the nebulous region (Also used to denote whole nebula
Videocast on Rosette Nebula
- Rosette Nebula from the Netherlands
- Deep image of the Rosette Nebula
- The Scale of the Universe (Astronomy Picture of the Day 2012 March 12)
- Rosette Nebula at Constellation Guide