Posted on 02/14/2021 2:54:45 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: Would the Rosette Nebula by any other name look as sweet? The bland New General Catalog designation of NGC 2237 doesn't appear to diminish the appearance of this flowery emission nebula, at the top of the image, atop a long stem of glowing hydrogen gas. Inside the nebula lies an open cluster of bright young stars designated NGC 2244. These stars formed about four million years ago from the nebular material and their stellar winds are clearing a hole in the nebula's center, insulated by a layer of dust and hot gas. Ultraviolet light from the hot cluster stars causes the surrounding nebula to glow. The Rosette Nebula spans about 100 light-years across, lies about 5000 light-years away, and can be seen with a small telescope towards the constellation of the Unicorn (Monoceros).
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So, are we looking 5000 lightyears into the past in order to be seeing this now? If lightyears can also be equated with time as well as distance.
I probably misread the description.
One of my favorite vacation spots...
Awesome picture...
To me, it looks like a lovely red rose that you would give to the woman that you cherish.
Or a giant red turtle.
Very beautiful and appropriately named.
Find Betelgeuse and cut dead east. Been using that for 50 years now.
I have my own nebula. It’s definitely a caricature of me. Most are skeptical until they see it.
It’s on an old video cassette of a science program. I wonder if all of us have a nebula caricature of ourselves somewhere in the vast beyond.
You are undoubtedly describing how to find it with a telescope. So have you taken any photos of it? If so, it would be great if you can post some here.
I prefer my photons to be old ones. Did very little back in the day when we used film. I took shots on a tripod, but, I had friends who shot through the scope...all with film.
I own a 12.5 dob, but, it’s in a storage unit as we live on a sailboat and the dob just won’t fit. I have a small 5” refractor on the boat to use on shore when I have decent weather. My goal is to use it out on an island somewhere in the Bahamas or the South Pacific. I don’t have a photography rig for it, but, before long, I hope to get the setup (goto mount and a CCD camera) and take photos from these islands.
If you are interested, there are a number of websites out there that people share astro-pho, or, if you still use Facebook, look for Backyard Astronomy. Those folks are the ones who have made me interested in doing photography again.
Location and photos
https://astrobackyard.com/caldwell-49-rosette-nebula
Why would you give a rose to a Giant Red Turtle?......................
Very beautiful, but Messier than I thought................
Because you don’t have any carnations.
I’ve got a white sport coat and a pink crustacean.................
I think they have a medicine for that.
Was that a Marty Robbins song?
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