Hubble image archive
GSC-II
CreditsNASA, 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 Palomar Sky Survey are copyright © 1993-1999 by the California Institute of Technology)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2001
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2001-18-1070-image
Credits
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 Palomar Sky Survey are copyright © 1993-1999 by the California Institute of Technology)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Rosette Nebula; NGC 2237 |
| Object Description | Emission nebula |
| R.A. Position | 06h 31m 40.0s |
| Dec. Position | 04° 57' 47.99" |
| Constellation | Monoceros |
| Distance | 920 pc (5500 light-years) |
| Dimensions | This image is 30 arcminutes square. The entire nebula is roughly 130 light-years across. |
| About The Data | |
| Instrument | Glass photographic plates taken at the Schmidt telescope at the California Institute of Technology's Palomar Observatory; scanned for the Digitized Sky Survey Projects. |
| Exposure Dates | April 4, 1953, Exposure Time: 45 minutes (DSS-I) |
Source
Image and source material are credited to the official mission archive linked below.
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