Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  Eagle Nebula  ·  IC 4703  ·  LBN 62  ·  LBN 64  ·  LBN 67  ·  LBN 68  ·  LBN 70  ·  LBN 71  ·  LDN 380  ·  LDN 394  ·  M 16  ·  NGC 6604  ·  NGC 6611  ·  Sh2-48  ·  Sh2-49  ·  Star Queen  ·  Star Queen nebula
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The Eagle Nebula, Messier 16, NGC 6611 and also known as the Star Queen Nebula is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Chéseaux 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.

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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