Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) (Bruce Rohrlach)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Serpens (Ser) · Contains: Eagle Nebula · IC 4703 · M 16 · NGC 6611 · Star Queen

Eagle Nebula (Messier 16), Bruce Rohrlach

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Eagle Nebula (Messier 16)

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Eagle Nebula (Messier 16)

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

The Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) located near the tail of Serpens on Saturday night - imaged from Phillip Island. It is also known as the Star Queen Nebula. This emission nebula, which lies in the Sagittarius-Carina inner spiral arm of our galaxy, surrounds a young open star cluster, and is a truly majestic sight. Whilst light from the sun takes 5.3 hours to reach Pluto, this nebula is spread over a vast 70 x 55 light year area.

The pillars are composed of cool molecular hydrogen and dust that are being eroded by photo-evaporation from the ultraviolet light of relatively close and hot stars. The left-most pillar is about four light years in length. These columns (which resemble stalagmites) are incubators for new stars. Inside the columns and on their surface astronomers have found knots or globules of denser gas, called EGGs ("Evaporating Gaseous Globules"). Stars are being formed inside some of these EGGs.

The Eagle Nebula is about 7000 light years away. Images obtained from the Spitzer Space Telescope in 2007 indicate that the pillars may have been destroyed as a result of a supernova explosion in the vicinity, but the light showing the result of the supernova on the pillar structure will not reach us for another 1,000 years, so we may be seeing something that no longer exists.

Image created from a stack of 634 frames, each 8 seconds exposure for a total integrated exposure of 1 hour 25 minutes (Skywatcher 200mm/f5, NEQpro6, ASI224mc, Gain 300, unguided, DSS, Lightroom).

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