This is a very picturesque image of the Rosette Nebula. The Rosette Nebula is not the only nebula to evoke the image of flowers, but it is the most famous. It is known to look like a rose, with a center being a cluster of young stars 50 light years wide. The petals of this rose are actually a stellar nursery whose lovely, symmetric shape is sculpted by the winds and radiation from its central cluster. The constellation Monoceros is contained in this famous nebula.
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