Rosette Nebula. Composite image of the Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49), which lies around 5,000 light-years from Earth near one end of a giant molecular

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Rosette Nebula. Composite image of the Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49), which lies around 5,000 light-years from Earth near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. Imaged by the Nighthawk Observatory, New Mexico, USA.

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Size: 4303px × 4060px
Photo credit: © ROBERT GENDLER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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