Encyclopedia > Rosette Nebula

Article Content

Rosette Nebula

In astronomy, the Rosette Nebula is a large, circular emission nebula located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros constellation.

It is believed that stellar winds from a group of O and B stars are exerting pressure on interstellar clouds to cause compression, followed by star formation in the nebula.

The Rosette Nebula has an angular diameter of 1.3° and lies some 900 parsecs or 3000 light years from Earth's Solar System.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Jamesport, New York

... from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 19.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 43 years. For every 100 females there are 102.7 ...