This Is Rosette Nebula — Which Got Its Nickname From Its Close Resemblance To A Flower In Bloom. It's

This is Rosette Nebula — which got its nickname from its close resemblance to a flower in bloom. It's the Perseus Arm of the galaxy, about a 130 light-years-wide nebula that hosts a club of more than 10,000 young stars.

Image Credit: CalTech/Palomar

Simulation Credit: MarsWalkers

This Is Rosette Nebula — Which Got Its Nickname From Its Close Resemblance To A Flower In Bloom. It's

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Comet Neowise over Lebanon, captured on 7th July, 2020 by Maroun Habib.

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Moon Over Andromeda

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Variable star RS Puppis, about ten times more massive than our Sun and fifteen times more luminous.

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Image Data : NASA/ESA/HUBBLE

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A Dazzling Capture Of Vivid Space-scape By Casey Good. It Spans Across Nebula Rich Star Fields Along

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Source : NASA


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