Complex sentence: It has sometimes been classified as a member of the NGC 2244 star cluster in the Rosette Nebula, but in reality it just happens to lie in the foreground.The distance to the cluster is much greater, about 4500 light years.
Split into simpler sentences: It has sometimes been classified as a member of the NGC 2244 star cluster in the Rosette Nebula, but in reality it just happens to lie in foreground. Distance to the cluster is much greater, about 4500 light years.