The Unicorn's Rose


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.

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आकाशगङ्गा एक तारापुञ्ज हो जहाँ हाम्रो सौर्यमण्डल (पृथ्वी समेत) रहेको छ। यो एक सङ्खाकार (स्पाइरल) तारापुञ्ज हो। यसको मुख्य चक्काको व्यास करिव ८०,००० देखि १ लाख प्रकाशवर्ष छ भने परिधि २,५०,००० देखि ३,००,००० प्रकाशवर्ष छ। ब्रम्हाण्ड मा अबलोकन गर्न सकिने अरबौं तारापुञ्जहरू मध्येको एक हो आकाशगङ्गा। (Coma Berenicesतारापुञ्जमा रहेको NGC 4414 नामको चक्राकार आकाशगंगा, यसको व्यास करिब ५५,००० प्रकाशवर्षरहेको अनुमान गरिएको यो तारापुञ्ज करिब ६०,००,००,००० प्रकाशवर्ष टाढा रहेको छ|) इतिहास= आकाशगङ्गाको आयु ठम्याउन निक्कै कठिन छ, तापनि यस पुञ्जको सबै भन्दा पुरानो ताराको आयु अन्दाजि करिव १३.६ अर्ब वर्ष छ जुन लगभग यस तारापुञ्जकै आयु समान छ। तारापुञ्ज गर्भ Main article: तारापुञ्ज गर्भ धनुराशि तिरको पुञ्जगर्भ। धनु (राशि)का मुख्य ताराहरू रातो देखाईएका छन तारापुञ्जिय चक्का, जुन गर्भबाट बाहिरतिर उठेको छ, को व्यास करिब ७० हजार देखि एक लाख प्रकाशवर्ष लामो छ।  सूर्य देखि पुञ्जगर्भ सम्मेको दुरी करिव २६,००० ± १४०० प्रकाशवर्ष लामो रहेको अनुमान छ। तारापुञ्जको गर्भमा ध...
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