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

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The Eagle Nebula is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, and lies at a distance of 1740 parsecs, or about 7000 light years. Parsecs sounds cooler.

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M16, Pete Quintanilla