Rosette Nebula

Nebula

A rose-shaped ring of glowing gas surrounding a young cluster of stars whose radiation carved out its central cavity.

Facts

TypeNebula
Nebula typeEmission
Distance from Earth5,200 ly
Diameter1,230,000,000,000,000 km
Mass1.99 × 10^34 kg
Temperature9,727°C
Apparent magnitude9
Redshift0
HemisphereBoth
Discovered1690

Rosette Nebula in context

At 1,230,000,000,000,000 km across, Rosette Nebula is 96,531,156,804 times the diameter of Earth.

Its mass is 3,330,542,532 times the mass of Earth.

The light reaching us from Rosette Nebula tonight left it around 5,200 years ago.

An average temperature of 10,000 K works out at 9,727 degrees Celsius, warmer than the 15 degrees Earth averages.

It has been on record since 1690.

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