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Eagle Nebula - M16, Mark Abbott
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Eagle Nebula - M16

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Eagle Nebula - M16

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The Eagle Nebula (M16) contains many star forming regions including the Pillars of Creation that many know from the iconic Hubble image.  M16 is about 6,500 light years from earth in the neighboring spiral arm (towards the center) of our Milky Way galaxy.

This image was taken with an AT80ED refractor and  processed in Astro Pixel Processor using the Hubble SHO palette.

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