NGC 2237 (Unicorn's Rose) Wall Art including Frame SPACE In views of this evocative

In views of this evocative object in visible light the core of the nebula is completely hidden behind obscuring dust

Comet West was discovered in photographs by Richard West on August 10

discoverer of infrared light) observed it almost 150 years later

Atmosphere: Carbon dioxide

Planetary nebulae form when some dying stars

NGC 2237 (Unicorn's Rose) Wall Art including Frame SPACE In views of this evocativeUnicorns and roses are usually the stuff of fairy tales, but a new cosmic 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. At the center of