Eagle Nebula

Also known as Messier 16, M16, New General Catalogue 6611

eagle-like animal nebula

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Distance from Earth: 1719
Image: Eagle Nebula from ESO.jpg

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catalog code: CTB 51
Commons category: Eagle Nebula
time of discovery or invention: 1745-00-00
apparent magnitude: 6.0
right ascension: 274.7000
declination: -13.8067
radial velocity: 10.0
right ascension component of proper motion: 0.62
declination component of proper motion: -0.32

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The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745–46. Both the "Eagle" and the "Star Queen" refer to visual impressions of the dark silhouette near the center of the nebula, an area made famous as the "Pillars of Creation" imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. The nebula contains several active star-forming gas and dust regions, including the aforementioned Pillars of Creation. The Eagle Nebula lies in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way.

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