Red Rectangle overview image 1 (ground-based image)
This is a ground-based view of the sky around the Red Rectangle. The image spans a square of one degree and was constructed from three images from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 taken in Blue, Infrared and Red (shown as blue, green and red respectively). Note that the HST picture only shows the innermost part of the nebula.
Credit:About the Image
| Id: | heic0408c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 11 May 2004, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0408 |
| Size: | 3564 x 3571 px |
About the Object
| Name: | HD 44179, Red Rectangle |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula |
| Distance: | 2300 light years |
| Constellation: | Monoceros |
| Category: | Nebulae |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 6 19 58.30 |
| Position (Dec): | -10° 38' 14.74" |
| Field of view: | 59.91 x 60.02 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
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