Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
HD 44179, "Red Rectangle" |
| Object Description: |
Bipolar proto-planetary nebula |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 06h 19m 58s.22
Dec. -10° 38' 14".7 |
| Constellation: |
Monoceros |
| Distance: |
2,300 light-years (700 parsecs) |
| Dimensions: |
This image is 35 arcseconds (24,000 Astronomical Units or 0.4 light-years or 0.1 parsecs) wide. |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
These data are taken from the HST proposal 7297: H. Van Winckel (Catholic University of Leuven), H.E. Bond (STScI) , M. Cohen (Radio Astronomy Laboratory, UC Berkley), C. Waelkens (Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, K.U.Leuven), L.B.F.M. Waters (Universiteit van Amsterdam), T.R.Gull (NASA/GSFC). |
| Instrument: |
WFPC2 |
| Exposure Date(s): |
March 17, 1999 |
| Exposure Time: |
0.9 hours |
| Filters: |
F467M (Strömgren b), F502N ([O III]), F588N (He I & Na I), F622W, F631N ([O I]) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA, H. Van Winckel (Catholic University of Leuven) and M. Cohen (University of California, Berkeley) |
| Release Date: |
May 11, 2004 |
| Orientation: |
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