Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  Eagle nebula  ·  M 16  ·  NGC 6611
M-15 Eagle Nebula, Nick J
M-15 Eagle Nebula
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M-15 Eagle Nebula

M-15 Eagle Nebula, Nick J
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M-15 Eagle Nebula

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The Eagle Nebula is part of a diffuse emission nebula, or H II region, which is catalogued as IC 4703. This region of active current star formation is about 7000 light-years distant. A spire of gas that can be seen coming off the nebula in the northeastern part is approximately 9.5 light-years or about 90 trillion kilometers long

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M-15 Eagle Nebula, Nick J