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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Inside the Eagle Nebula
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[z]Barbara Harris
@
27.02.2006 00:00
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Inside the Eagle Nebula
Explanation: From afar, the whole thing looks like an
Eagle
. A closer look at the
Eagle Nebula
, however, shows the
bright region
is actually a window into the center of a larger dark shell of
dust
. Through this window, a brightly-lit workshop appears where a whole
open cluster
of stars is being formed. In this cavity
tall pillars
and
round globules
of dark dust and cold
molecular gas
remain where stars are still forming. Already visible are several young
bright blue stars
whose light and winds are burning away and pushing back the
remaining filaments
and walls of gas and dust. The Eagle
emission nebula
, tagged M16, lies about 6500
light years
away, spans about 20 light-years, and is visible with
binoculars
toward the
constellation
of
Serpens
. The
above picture
combines three specific emitted colors and was taken with the
0.9-meter telescope
on
Kitt Peak
,
Arizona
,
USA
.
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