The most famous flower in the sky: The Rosette Nebula. The "petals" of the rose are actually stellar nurseries. The nebula is located 5,000 light years away within the Monoceros constellation. The symmetric shape is a result of the winds and radiation from its central cluster of hot, young stars. The stars are a part of the energetic cluster, NGC 2244. The stars are only a few million years old. The nebula is about 50 light-years in diameter. If you have a small telescope, you can see the nebula for yourself.
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