- Stearns County, Minnesota has 1,342.9 square miles of land area and is the 14th largest county in Minnesota by total area. Stearns County, Minnesota is bordered by Sherburne County, Minnesota, Morrison County, Minnesota, Wright County, Minnesota, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, Pope County, Minnesota, Todd County, Minnesota, Meeker County, Minnesota, Douglas County, Minnesota, and Benton County, Minnesota.
- Rosette Nebula (Wikipedia)
The Rosette Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49) is an H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The open cluster NGC 2244 (Caldwell 50) is closely associated with the nebulosity, the stars of the cluster having been formed from the nebula’s matter.