M16 (NGC 6611, IC 4703) - The Eagle Nebula
Emission nebula with open star cluster in the constellation Serpens Cauda
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7000 light years distant in the Sagittarius-Carina Arm of the Milky Way
Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.
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Three-colour composite mosaic image of the Eagle Nebula, based on images obtained with the Wide-Field Imager camera on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory.
"Eagle Nebula from ESO" by ESO - http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0926a/. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eagle_Nebula_from_ESO.jpg#/media/File:Eagle_Nebula_from_ESO.jpg
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Composite far-infrared and x-ray images allow a look inside the pillars and structures of the nebula as well as showing hot young stars.
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Image created using the infrared multi-mode ISAAC instrument on the 8.2-m VLT ANTU telescope
Credit: ESO/M.McCaughrean & M.Andersen (AIP)
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