Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  Eagle nebula  ·  M 16  ·  NGC 6611
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M16 - The Eagle Nebula, Hap Griffin
M16 - The Eagle Nebula
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M16 - The Eagle Nebula

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M16 - The Eagle Nebula, Hap Griffin
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M16 - The Eagle Nebula

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This is M16, otherwise known as the Eagle Nebula, in the constellation of Serpens, made famous by the Hubble Telescope image of the central structure known as the "Pillars of Creation". The entire complex, some 70 light years across, is a star forming region and the brighter of the 8100 stars in the open cluster in its interior are visible here. The horizontal structure at the left is "The Spire", itself 9.5 light-years long.

M16 lies at a distance of 7000 light-years.

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M16 - The Eagle Nebula, Hap Griffin