Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237)

Credits: Nick Wright (University College London) and the IPHAS collaboration.

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This image of the Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237) is thought to be the most-detailed ever produced. Compiled from data taken from IPHAS, the Isaac Newton Telescope Photometric Hydrogen-Alpha Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane, the image spans four square degrees, about twenty times the size of the full moon.

Image obtained using the Wide-Field Camera on the Isaac Newton Telescope. Resolution is 1 arcsecond per pixel, and North is up, east is left.

Credits: Nick Wright (University College London) and the IPHAS collaboration.

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