Rosette Nebula: The Heart of a Rose
The Rosette Nebula is a star-forming region about 5,000 light years from Earth. Optical data from the Digitized Sky Survey and the Kitt Peak National Observatory show large areas of gas and dust, including giant pillars that remain behind after intense radiation from massive stars has eroded the more diffuse gas.
Image Credit: DSS & NOAO/AURA/NSF/KPNO 0.9-m/T. Rector et al
Release Date: Sept. 8, 2010
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