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M16: Pillars of Creation
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#98919
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[z]Barbara Harris
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19.02.2007 00:00
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M16: Pillars of Creation
Explanation: It has become one of the most famous images of modern times.
This image
, taken with the
Hubble Space Telescope
in 1995, shows
evaporating gaseous globules
(EGGs) emerging from pillars of molecular
hydrogen gas
and
dust
. The
giant pillars
are
light years
in length and are so dense that interior gas
contracts gravitationally
to form stars. At each
pillars' end
, the intense radiation of bright young stars causes low density material to boil away, leaving
stellar nurseries
of dense
EGGs
exposed. The
Eagle Nebula
, associated with the
open star cluster
M16
, lies about 7000
light years
away. The pillars of creation were
imaged recently
by the orbiting
Chandra X-ray Observatory
, and it was found that most EGGS are not strong emitters of
X-rays
.
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#98922
by
Klaudermann T. Spargelzack
@
19.02.2007 01:32
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rauchdildos.
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#98935
by
Squeezer
@
20.02.2007 09:58
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mit bling bling!