Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  Eagle Nebula  ·  IC 4703  ·  M 16  ·  NGC 6611  ·  Star Queen
M16 - The Eagle Nebula, AstroAdventures
M16 - The Eagle Nebula
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M16 - The Eagle Nebula

M16 - The Eagle Nebula, AstroAdventures
M16 - The Eagle Nebula
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M16 - The Eagle Nebula

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Unusually there is nothing but red in this image. Usually this combination of scope and camera shows some blues even in predominantly H2 regions.

The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula and The Spire) 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.

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M16 - The Eagle Nebula, AstroAdventures