Red Rectangle overview image 2 [ground-based]

Esahubble_heic0408d_1024

esahubble_heic0408d May 11th, 2004

Credit: ESA, ESO and Hans van Winckel (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium)

This ground-based image was taken with the European Southern Observatory's New Technology Telescope at La Silla Observatory. The image is constructed from three exposures through a blue filter, Hydrogen-alpha filter and a red filter. Note that the HST picture only shows the innermost part of the nebula.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0408d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
HD 44179 Red Rectangle
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula
Esahubble_heic0408d_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 6h 19m 58.3s
DEC = -10° 38’ 17.8”
Orientation
North is 270.3° CCW
Field of View
2.9 x 3.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Monoceros

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
NTT (None) Optical (H-alpha) -
NTT (None) Optical (R) -
NTT (None) Optical (B) -
Esahubble_heic0408d_1280
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ID
heic0408d
Subject Category
B.4  
Subject Name
HD 44179, Red Rectangle
Credits
ESA, ESO and Hans van Winckel (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium)
Release Date
2004-05-11T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0408d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
New Technology Telescope (NTT), New Technology Telescope (NTT), New Technology Telescope (NTT)
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
H-alpha, R, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
94.9930731069, -10.6382769193
Reference Dimension
644.0, 863.0
Reference Pixel
322.0, 431.5
Scale
-7.40401610464e-05, 7.40401610464e-05
Rotation
270.28000000000014
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic0408d
Metadata Date
2004-05-07T12:14:36+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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