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The Pillars of Creation in the Eagle/Star Queen Nebula (HOO Palette), Diego Cartes
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The Pillars of Creation in the Eagle/Star Queen Nebula (HOO Palette)

The Pillars of Creation in the Eagle/Star Queen Nebula (HOO Palette), Diego Cartes
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The Pillars of Creation in the Eagle/Star Queen Nebula (HOO Palette)

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"Pillars of Creation" is a photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula, specifically the Serpens constellation, some 6,500–7,000 light years from Earth. They are so named because the gas and dust are in the process of creating new stars, while also being eroded by the light from nearby stars that have recently formed.(Wikipedia)

This narrowband image was made from data captured using the HA and OIII filters, which allowed me to get good contrast and detail in the structure of the nebula, precisely in the star forming regions.

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The Pillars of Creation in the Eagle/Star Queen Nebula (HOO Palette), Diego Cartes