M16

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M16, also known as the Eagle Nebula, is a famous star-forming region in the constellation Serpens, best known for the "Pillars of Creation" captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Label Occurrences
M16 canonical 5

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf H II region ⓘ
dense molecular cloud structures ⓘ
emission nebula ⓘ
open cluster ⓘ
star-forming region ⓘ
age a few million years (cluster stars) ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Eagle Nebula ⓘ
Messier 16 ⓘ
NGC 6611 ⓘ
angularSize about 30 arcminutes by 35 arcminutes (nebula) ⓘ
about 7 arcminutes by 5 arcminutes (cluster) ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 6.0 ⓘ
bestKnownFor Pillars of Creation ⓘ
bestViewingSeason northern summer ⓘ
catalogIn Messier Catalogue ⓘ
linked to: Messier catalogue

New General Catalogue ⓘ
cataloguedBy Charles Messier ⓘ
contains Pillars of Creation ⓘ
molecular clouds ⓘ
open star cluster NGC 6611 ⓘ
protostars ⓘ
young massive stars ⓘ
declination +13° 47′ ⓘ
discoveredBy Jean-Philippe de Chéseaux ⓘ
discoveryYear 1745 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 2.1 kiloparsecs ⓘ
about 7000 light-years ⓘ
dominantEmissionLines [O III] ⓘ
[S II] ⓘ
hydrogen-alpha ⓘ
liesNear Omega Nebula (M17) ⓘ
linked to: Messier 17

Scutum Star Cloud ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Serpens ⓘ
messierNumber M16 ⓘ
ngcNumber NGC 6611 ⓘ
notableFeature active star formation ⓘ
elephant trunk structures ⓘ
photoevaporation fronts ⓘ
observedBy Chandra X-ray Observatory ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
James Webb Space Telescope ⓘ
Spitzer Space Telescope ⓘ
partOf M16 ⓘ
Milky Way ⓘ
Sagittarius Arm ⓘ
rightAscension 18h 18m ⓘ
spectralType H II emission ⓘ
visibleFrom Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
visibleIn amateur telescopes ⓘ

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