MSGID: 1:153/757.0 f4149072
TZUTC: -0800
CHRS: LATIN-1 2
                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                              2025 February 14

                    A Cosmic Rose: NGC 2237 in Monoceros
                 Image Credit & Copyright: Harry Karamitsos

   Explanation: The Rosette Nebula, NGC 2237, is not the only cosmic cloud
   of gas and dust to evoke the imagery of flowers, but it is probably the
   most famous. At the edge of a large molecular cloud in Monoceros some
   5,000 light years away, the petals of this cosmic rose are actually a
   stellar nursery. The lovely, symmetric shape is sculpted by the winds
   and radiation from its central cluster of hot young, O-type stars.
   Stars in the energetic cluster, cataloged as NGC 2244, are only a few
   million years young, while the central cavity in the Rosette Nebula, is
   about 50 light-years in diameter. The nebula can be seen with a small
   telescope toward the constellation of Monoceros, the Unicorn. This
   natural appearing telescopic portrait of the Rosette Nebula was made
   using broadband color filters, but sometimes roses aren't red.

                      Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend
     __________________________________________________________________

       Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)
            NASA Official: Amber Straughn Specific rights apply.
                NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices
                      A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC,
                           NASA Science Activation
                             & Michigan Tech. U.

--- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-7
 * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)
SEEN-BY: 19/10 105/81 106/201 128/187 129/305 134/100 153/135 143
SEEN-BY: 153/148 151 757 6809 7083 7715 154/110 218/700 840 221/1
SEEN-BY: 221/6 360 226/30 227/114 229/110 114 206 307 317 400 426
SEEN-BY: 229/428 470 664 700 705 240/1120 266/512 291/111 301/1 113
SEEN-BY: 301/812 320/219 322/757 335/364 341/66 342/200 396/45 460/58
SEEN-BY: 460/256 1124 633/280 712/848 902/26 5020/400 1042 8912 5054/30
SEEN-BY: 5075/35
PATH: 153/757 221/6 301/1 460/58 229/426