Friday, February 18, 2011

APOD 3.5

Rosette Nebula 
 
This APOD features the Rosette Nebula in the constellation Monoceros, the Unicorn. This Nebula is categorized as an Emission Nebula, but what makes this one different is the cluster of stars in the middle. The stars, which formed from the gasses within the nebula, are now producing a wind that is pushing the nebula apart and not allowing many other stars to form.

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