Eagle Nebula
star-forming region · M16, home of the Pillars of Creation
6,501 light-years from Earth
A cavity 20 light-years wide, blown into a cold cloud by the hot young stars of NGC 6611. What is left of the cloud stands in columns pointing back at the cluster: the Pillars of Creation, the 9-light-year Spire and a dozen smaller trunks.
- 6,500 light-years · about 70 x 55 light-years
- the Pillars are about 10 light-years from the cluster that is slowly destroying them
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- nebula
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- M16 · NGC 6611
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