The Eagle Nebula, M16
This wide-field image of the Eagle Nebula was taken at the National Science Foundation's 0.9-meter telescope on Kitt Peak with the NOAO Mosaic CCD camera. Located in the constellation of Serpens, the Serpent, the Eagle Nebula is a very luminous open cluster of stars surrounded by dust and gas. The three pillars at the center of the image, made famous in an image by the Hubble Space Telescope, are being sculpted by the intense radiation from the hot stars in the cluster. This image was created by combining emission-line images in Hydrogen-alpha (green), Oxygen [O III] (blue) and Sulfur [S II] (red).
Credit:About the Image
Id: | noao-04086 |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | Sept. 18, 2002, 9:49 a.m. |
Related announcements: | noaoann02010 |
Size: | 5477 x 5610 px |
About the Object
Name: | Eagle Nebula, M16, NGC 6611 |
Distance: | 5500 light years |
Constellation: | Serpens Cauda |
Category: | Nebulae |
Image Formats
Large JPEG
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Screensize JPEG
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 18 18 58.99 |
Position (Dec): | -13° 49' 49.38" |
Field of view: | 38.82 x 39.76 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 89.8° left of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
---|---|---|
Optical Olll | 499 nm | WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical Ha | 656 nm | WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical Sll | 672 nm | WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope Mosaic I |