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About the Object Object Name: NGC2244 in the Rosette Nebula
Object Type: Star-Forming Region
Position (J2000): RA: 6:31:58 Dec: 4:54:51
Distance: 5200 light-years
Constellation: Monoceros
About the Data Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Z. Balog (Univ. of Ariz./Univ. of Szeged)
Instrument: Array Camera (IRAC) and Multiband Imaging Photometer (MIPS)
Wavelength: 4.5 microns, 8.0 microns, and 24 microns
Exposure Date: 03/09/2004, 03/09/2004, 05/16/2005
Exposure Time: 20.8s, 20.8s, 80.0s
Field of View: 34 x 29 arcmin
Orientation: North is 85.8 deg CW from up
Release Date: 18 April 2007
Observers Zoltan Balog (University of Arizona/University of Szeged)
James Muzerolle (University of Arizona)
G. H. Rieke (University of Arizona)
Kate Y. L. Su (University of Arizona)
Eric T. Young (University of Arizona)
Tom Megeath (University of Toledo, Ohio)

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