ESA & NASA - Herschel Mission patch.
April 2, 2020
This 2010 image from the Herschel Space Observatory shows dust clouds associated with the Rosette Nebula, a stellar nursery about 5,000 light-years from Earth in the Monoceros, or Unicorn, constellation. Herschel collected the infrared light given out by dust. The bright smudges are dusty cocoons containing massive embryonic stars, which will grow up to 10 times the mass of our Sun. The small spots near the center of the image are lower mass stellar embryos. The nebula itself is located to the right of the picture, along with its massive cluster of stars.
Herschel Space Observatory
Editor note:
The Herschel space observatory operated between 2009 and 2013.
Related links:
NASA's Herschel Space Observatory: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/herschel/index.html
ESA's Herschel Space Observatory: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Herschel
Images, Text, Credits: ESA and the PACS, SPIRE & HSC consortia, F. Motte (AIM Saclay,CEA/IRFU - CNRS/INSU - U.ParisDidedrot) for the HOBYS key programme/NASA/Yvette Smith.
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