The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros | Palomar Observatory

The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros | Palomar Observatory

The Rosette star formation region is located about 5,000 light years from Earth in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The Rosette Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49) is an H II region near one end of a giant molecular cloud that is about 65 light years in size.

Palomar Observatory is an astronomical research observatory in San Diego County, California, United States, in the Palomar Mountain Range. It is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a federally funded research and development center managed for NASA by Caltech.

Image Credit: Palomar/Caltech/DSS

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