Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  Eagle Nebula  ·  IC 4703  ·  M 16  ·  NGC 6611  ·  Star Queen
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Messier 16 (M16) - Eagle Nebula, BrianH
Messier 16 (M16) - Eagle Nebula
Powered byPixInsight

Messier 16 (M16) - Eagle Nebula

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Messier 16 (M16) - Eagle Nebula, BrianH
Messier 16 (M16) - Eagle Nebula
Powered byPixInsight

Messier 16 (M16) - Eagle Nebula

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

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 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. The Eagle Nebula lies in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Nebula

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

Messier 16 (M16) - Eagle Nebula, BrianH