Eagle nebula
The Eagle nebula is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens.
The nebula is catalogued as Messier 16 (M16), and as NGC 6611. It is also called the Star Queen nebula and The Spire. These last names refer to visual impressions of the dark patch near the center of the nebula.[1][2] This is called the "Pillars of Creation". It was photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. The nebula contains several active star-forming gas and dust regions, including the Pillars of Creation.
Eagle Nebula Media
Wide field view of the Eagle nebula
"Pillars of Creation" within Eagle Nebula(animation; 0:15; 11 November 2022)
Locator of well-known areas in the nebula
The "Pillars of Creation" within the Eagle Nebula
Detail of the HST image
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has revisited one of its most iconic and popular images: the Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation. This image shows the pillars as seen in infrared light, allowing it to pierce through obscuring dust and gas and unveil a more unfamiliar — but just as amazing — view of the pillars.
The "Black Pillar" spire on the eastern perimeter is about 9.5 light-years long.
References
- ↑ Martin MacPhee (8 July 2014). "The awesome beauty of M16, the Eagle Nebula". EarthSky. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ↑ Robert Burnham, Jr. (1978). Burnham's Celestial Handbook. Dover. p. 1786, 1788. ISBN 0-486-23673-0.
