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    The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation...
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    often star-forming regions, such as in the "Pillars of Creation" in the Eagle Nebula. In these regions, the formations of gas, dust, and other materials "clump"...
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    Space Telescope of elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula, in the Serpens constellation, some 6,500–7,000 light-years (2,000–2...
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    Hubble Space Telescope. It is located 7,000 light-years away, in the Eagle Nebula. There are multiple elephant trunks in the formation, one of which is...
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    2008; March 14, 2010; September 28, 2014; October 22, 2017) The Fairy of Eagle Nebula (April 25, 2005; December 9, 2007; August 21, 2011; September 29, 2013;...
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    The Omega Nebula, also known as the Swan Nebula, Checkmark Nebula, Lobster Nebula, and the Horseshoe Nebula (catalogued as Messier 17 or M17 or NGC 6618)...
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    5 kpc and the current distance of VY CMa which is about 1.17 kpc as the nebula is sometimes found to have the same distance as VY CMa. "The New York Times"...
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    galactic deep-sky objects, such as the Eagle Nebula (IC 4703) and its associated star cluster Messier 16. The nebula measures 70 light-years by 50 light-years...
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  • (disambiguation) Eagle Pass (disambiguation) Eagle River (disambiguation) Eagle Nebula Eagle (crater), landing spot on Mars of the rover Opportunity The Eagle (1918...
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    conclusively identified via photographs of the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995. EGG's are the likely predecessors...
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    few degrees north of the A-type star Gamma Scuti and northeast of the Eagle Nebula. Although the star is very luminous, it is, at its brightest, only 9th...
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    Pillars of Creation, photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope in the Eagle Nebula, provide an oft-cited example of aesthetic appeal in astronomical discovery...
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    of Mystic Mountain in the Carina Nebula A higher-resolution HST image of the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula, taken in 2014 as a tribute to the...
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  • Cone Nebula Crescent Nebula Double Helix Nebula Eagle Nebula Elephant's Trunk Nebula Eta Carinae Nebula Flame Nebula Fish Head Nebula Fly Nebula Gum Nebula...
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  • within. Evaporating gaseous globules or EGGs were first discovered in the Eagle Nebula. These small cometary globules are being photoevaporated by the stars...
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    IC 4703 (category Nebula stubs)
    nebulous region surrounding Messier 16. These two objects make up the Eagle Nebula. They are relatively bright and are located in the constellation Serpens...
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    Open Cluster M26 in Scutum (RA 18h 45m) M16, the Eagle Nebula in Serpens (RA 18h 19m) M17, the Omega Nebula in Sagittarius (RA 18h 20.4m) Open Cluster M18...
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    from a few to about a million particles per cubic centimetre. The Orion Nebula, now known to be an H II region, was observed in 1610 by Nicolas-Claude...
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    belongs to an extended nebulosity that includes also the Eagle Nebula and the Omega Nebula. The young high-mass stars of this region constitute the Serpens OB1...
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    complex structures to be better separated and visualised. The image of the Eagle Nebula above is a typical example of this; the Hydrogen and Oxygen ions have...
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    Orion Nebula, L1688 in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, NGC 2244 in the Rosette Nebula, the cluster in the Trifid Nebula, NGC 6611 in the Eagle Nebula, and...
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  • the Helix Nebula in the constellation of Aquarius, the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula, the Andromeda Galaxy, and the Butterfly Nebula. The HST...
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  • images of M51 (the Whirlpool Galaxy), and also with a section of the Eagle nebula. The 15th anniversary included a collection of other content including...
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    Richard Dumas: The Mixtape Fatima - "Underwater" from Yellow Memories Eagle Nebula - "Most Beautiful" from Call Me Nebs Kendrick Lamar – "Momma" from To...
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    over a single night.   Open cluster   Globular cluster   Diffuse nebula   Planetary nebula   Supernova remnant   Galaxy   Other Lists of astronomical objects...
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  • (Ukraine) M-16 (album), from German band Sodom Messier 16, a nebula also called the Eagle Nebula and its associated star cluster M16, a postcode in the M...
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  • vocalists and rappers: Rena, Kissey Asplund, AB, Jasiri X, Reggie B, and Eagle Nebula, and others. Jones has produced original and remixed tracks for recording...
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  • Saxon The Eagle Has Landed – Part III, 2006 album by the band Saxon "The Eagle Has Landed", a song by Nebula from their 2006 album Apollo "The Eagle Has Landed"...
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    each with more than 100,000 M☉. The nebula nearest to the Sun where massive stars are being formed is the Orion Nebula, 1,300 light-years (1.2×1016 km) away...
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    Cloud, both Hodge 301 and R136 have formed from the gases of the Tarantula Nebula, while in our own galaxy, tracing back the motion through space of the Hyades...
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