Eagle Nebula
A cluster inside the nebula that holds the Pillars of Creation — columns of gas and dust photographed by Hubble in 1995, and about as famous as an astronomical image gets.
Where to look
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Data
- Type
- a cluster with nebulosity
- Constellation
- Serpens
- Magnitude
- 6.0
- Apparent size
- 35.0 ′
- Distance
- 7 000 light years
- Right ascension
- 274.700 °
- Declination
- -13.783 °
- Designations
- M 16 · NGC 6611
- NGC description
- Cl, at least 100 st L & S; = M16
An estimate. NGC 2000.0 carries no distances, and published measurements disagree by up to a third.
The Messier list and the NGC/IC designations come from NGC 2000.0 (Sinnott, 1988), CDS Strasbourg.
Nearby in the same constellation
| Designations | Type | Magnitude | Apparent size |
|---|---|---|---|
| M5 · M 5 | a globular cluster | 5.8 | 17.4′ |