Red Rectangle overview image 2 [ground-based]
![Red Rectangle overview image 2 [ground-based]](/static/archives/images/medium/heic0408d.jpg)
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.
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About the Image
| Id: | heic0408d |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 11 May 2004, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0408 |
| Size: | 644 x 863 px |
About the Object
| Name: | HD 44179, Red Rectangle |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Nebula |
| Distance: | 2300 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
New Technology Telescope (NTT) |
| Optical R |
New Technology Telescope (NTT) |
| Optical H-alpha |
New Technology Telescope (NTT) |
