Technical facts about this news release:
| About this Object |
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Object Name:
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Rosette Nebula; NGC 2237 |
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Object Description:
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Emission nebula |
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Position (J2000):
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R.A. 06h 32.3m
Dec. 05° 03' |
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Constellation:
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Monoceros |
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Distance:
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920 pc (5500 light-years) |
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Dimensions:
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This image is 30 arcminutes square.
The entire nebula is roughly 130 light-years across.
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| About the Data |
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Glass photographic plates taken at the Schmidt telescope
at the California Institute of Technology's Palomar Observatory; scanned
for the Digitized Sky Survey Projects. |
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| IIIaF emulsion plus RG610 filter |
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| IIaJ emulsion plus GG395 filter |
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| About this Image |
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Image Credit:
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NASA, the DSS-II
and GSC-II Consortia, and Caltech |
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Release Date:
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June 4, 2001 9:30 a.m. (PDT)/12:30
p.m. (EDT) |
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