Guide Star Catalogue II

This is the Guide Star Catalogue II (GSC-II) view of the Rosette Nebula.

Credit:

NASA/ESA, the DSS-II and GSC-II Consortia (with images from the 'Palomar Observatory-STScI Digital Sky Survey of the northern sky, based on scans of the Second Palomar Sky Survey are copyright ) 1993-1999 by the California Institute of Technology)

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About the Image

NASA press release

Id:	opo0118e
Type:	Collage
Release date:	4 June 2001, 18:30
Size:	350 x 248 px

About the Object

Name:	NFC 2237, Rosette Nebula
Type:	Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region
Distance:	4500 light years
Category:	Nebulae

Image Formats

Fullsize Original

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Large JPEG

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Screensize JPEG

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Colours & filters

Band	Telescope
Optical B	DSS
Optical R	DSS