Eagle Nebula
Nebula
A star-forming cloud whose towers of gas and dust, the Pillars of Creation, are among the most recognised images in astronomy.
Can you see it tonight?
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What it looks like
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- Position
- 274.70071, -13.80722Source: NASA Extragalactic Database
- Brightness
- about 6Source: SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Apparent size
- about 120 x 25 arcminutesSource: OpenNGC
- Constellation
- Serpens
Catalogue designations
NGC6611, M16, LBN 67, MWSC 2886
Source: OpenNGC