﻿ Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2024 February 14 [2]A busy star field is shown with several large red nebulae. The Rosette Nebula is among them and seen on the lower right, while the nebula surrounding the Cone Nebula is larger and visible toward the upper left. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. Rosette Deep Field Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Olivier Bernard & [4]Philippe Bernhard Explanation: Can you find the Rosette Nebula? The large, [5]red, and flowery-looking nebula on the upper left may seem the obvious choice, but that is actually just diffuse [6]hydrogen emission surrounding the [7]Cone and Fox Fur Nebulas. The famous [8]Rosette Nebula is really located on the lower right and connected to the [9]other nebulas by irregular filaments. Because the [10]featured image of Rosetta's field is so [11]wide and deep, it seems to contain other flowers. Designated [12]NGC 2237, the center of the Rosette nebula is populated by the bright blue stars of open cluster [13]NGC 2244, whose winds and [14]energetic light are evacuating the nebula's center. The [15]Rosette Nebula is about 5,000 light years distant and, just by itself, [16]spans about three times the diameter of a [17]full moon. This flowery field can be found toward the [18]constellation of the [19]Unicorn ([20]Monoceros). Tomorrow's picture: open space __________________________________________________________________ [21]< | [22]Archive | [23]Submissions | [24]Index | [25]Search | [26]Calendar | [27]RSS | [28]Education | [29]About APOD | [30]Discuss | [31]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [32]Robert Nemiroff ([33]MTU) & [34]Jerry Bonnell ([35]UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn; [36]Specific rights apply. [37]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [38]ASD at [39]NASA / [40]GSFC, [41]NASA Science Activation & [42]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2402/RosetteCone_Bernard_5398.jpg 3. https://www.astrobin.com/users/Oliverglobetrotter/ 4. https://www.astrobin.com/users/Philippe.BERNHARD/ 5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240209.html 6. https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2016/ps_5.html 7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190416.html 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210214.html 9. https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/multimedia/name-that-nebula/ 10. https://www.astrobin.com/ei16px/ 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240123.html 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap960214.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210221.html 14. https://science.nasa.gov/ems/10_ultravioletwaves/ 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosette_Nebula 16. https://media.istockphoto.com/id/1170788665/photo/jumping-cat.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=ZvO4j-SI87tsFolx95wXRSr1JTRIz74ONyotWGSi5Ww= 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220612.html 18. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/constellations/ 19. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn 20. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoceros 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240213.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 25. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 27. https://apod.com/feed.rss 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 30. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=240214 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240215.html 32. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 33. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 34. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 35. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 36. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 37. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 38. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 39. https://www.nasa.gov/ 40. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 41. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 42. http://www.mtu.edu/