Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  Eagle Nebula  ·  IC 4703  ·  M 16  ·  NGC 6611  ·  Star Queen
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M16, John Bozeman
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M16, The Eagle Nebula, is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens. Age: 5.504 million years. Distance to Earth: 7,000 light years.

IR data from the IRSA ZTF Data Portal.

Color Mapped:

Red - zr
Green - zg
Blue - zg

 Processed with FITS Liberator, PixInsight and Photoshop 2023.

This publication makes use of data products from Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), which is a joint project of the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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M16, John Bozeman