A Valentine Gift: The Rosette Nebula
Explanation: The Rosette Nebula is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the <a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070524.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">APOD: 2007 May 24 - The Tulip in the Swan</a> of <a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap051229.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">APOD: 2005 December 29 - The Iris Nebula from CFHT</a> -- but it is the most famous. At the edge of a large <a href="https://www.gb.nrao.edu/~rmaddale/Education/OrionTourCenter/monr2.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Monoceros R2 Cloud</a> in Monoceros, some 5,000 light years away, the petals of this <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rose</a> are actually a stellar nursery whose lovely, symmetric shape is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnbMYzdjuBs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">flower red rose blooming - YouTube</a> by the winds and radiation from its central cluster of <a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070726.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">APOD: 2007 July 26 - Hot Stars in the Rosette Nebula</a>. The stars in the energetic cluster, cataloged #-Link-Snipped-#, are only a few million years old, while the central cavity in the <a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search?tquery=Rosette" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">APOD Search Results for "Rosette"</a>, cataloged as NGC 2237, is about 50 light-years in diameter. The nebula can be seen <a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Clap-Your-Hands" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">How to Clap Your Hands: 12 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow</a> with a small telescope toward the constellation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Unicorn</a> (<a href="https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/constellations/monoceros.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Chandra :: Photo Album :: Constellation Monoceros</a>).
<a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120214.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">APOD: 2012 February 14 - The Rosette Nebula</a>
