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

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M16 Eagle Nebula

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The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellationSerpens, 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,=10.5px  an area made famous as the "Pillars of Creation" imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope.

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M16 Eagle Nebula, Patrick Stevenson

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