Nebulae

DSS-I

June 4, 2001 · NASA · Rosette Nebula; NGC 2237 · Monoceros

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About the colours

Blue (DSS-II): IIaJ emulsion + GG395 Red (DSS-II): IIIaF emulsion + RG610

Facts

Object: Rosette Nebula; NGC 2237
Constellation: Monoceros
Distance: 920 pc (5500 light-years)
Released: June 4, 2001
Position: RA 06h 31m 40s · Dec +4° 57′ 48″
Field of view: 30.00′
Instrument: Glass photographic plates taken at the Schmidt telescope at…
Filters: IIIaF emulsion + RG610 (red), and IIaJ emulsion + GG395 (blue)
Observed: March 29, 1998, Exposure Time: 50 minutes (DSS-II red), January 18, 1997, Exposure Time: 30 minutes (DSS-II blue)
Image size: 1,775 × 1,775 px
Category: Nebulae
Source: NASA

Credit

NASA , 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…