The Unicorn's Rose

WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES

11.05.2010

Courtesy Photo

NASA

A new image taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Explorer (WISE) shows the Rosette nebula located within the constellation Monoceros, or the Unicorn. This flower-shaped nebula, also known by the less romantic name NGC 2237, is a huge star-forming cloud of dust and gas in our Milky Way galaxy. Estimates of the nebula's distance vary from 4,500 to 5,000 light-years away. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA

NASA Identifier: 477783main_pia13126

• Date Taken: 11.05.2010
• Date Posted: 02.08.2013 15:54
• Photo ID: 852564
• Resolution: 4600x5200
• Size: 1.33 MB
• Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., US