14 Feb 2011 The Rosette Nebula
The Rosette Nebula is an extremely large nebula! It covers an area 5 times the size of the full moon. The nebula looks like a long tunnel with the stars at the end, due to the stellar wind clearing out the dust in the center. The stars in the Rosette Nebula formed 4 million years ago. The red dust on the outer rim is due to hydrogen. This is located in the constellation Monoceros that we had this week.
No comments:
Post a Comment