Rosette Nebula PopWallet Framed Canvas 26 with Hubble's Wide Field

26 with Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2

captures the chaotic activity atop a pillar of gas and dust

Ansae are visible areas of overdensity — they commonly take looping

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

The surface of the main dune field is characterized by a series of dark-toned polygonal patterns

Rosette Nebula PopWallet Framed Canvas 26 with Hubble's Wide FieldThis colourful image shows a part of the Rosette Nebula in the constellation of Monoceros (The Unicorn). It is an emission nebula, composed of clouds of gas that are made to glow by the radiation emanating from stars within. The Rosette Nebula is a fairly typical example of an emission nebula but typical does not mean boring! Nebulae are some of the most beautiful celestial objects out there, and they frequently show up spectacularly in images taken