Nebula 045 / 100
Rosette Nebula
NGC2238
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At a glance
- Type
- Emission nebula (H II region)
- Constellation
- Mon
- Right ascension
- 6h 30m 40.3s
- Declination
- +5° 01′
- Apparent magnitude
- 6.0
- Angular size
- 80x60′
- Catalogue
- NGC2238
Located in Monoceros.
The outline on your card
A huge ring of gas and dust is excavated by the central cluster NGC 2244, leaving a hollow centre.
- Outline class
- Patchy
- Axis ratio
- 0.75 : 1
- Central source
- Multiple central stars
- Surface brightness
- High
- Recorded structure
- Cavity · Dark lane · Embedded stars · Bright rim
The card front carries no text by design: the glyph is drawn from this object's own silhouette, so the outline is the only clue you get until you scan it.
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