A roughly rose-shaped and rose-colored nebula with an open cluster of bright young stars in its central dark space. This is the Rosette nebula, Caldwell 49, in the Monoceros constellation.

I turned away from drinking in the firehose of bad news last night to take my telescope out to a dark clearing in the forest. It was a bit cold, 4 degrees F, but stars shined bright overhead.🔭🧪

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Delighted to be transitioning all current social communication to @bsky.app Thanks for the platform & here’s to continuing to build a beautiful, expansive, kind & peaceful world. Starting today. 💫

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