Posted on Nov 15, 2019
APOD: 2019 November 15 - M16 and the Eagle Nebula
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Good Red Friday morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "M16 and the Eagle Nebula." Also known as the "Pillars of Creation," M16 is one of my favorite starscapes uncovered by the Hubble Space Telescope. The dense, dusty columns rising near the center are light-years in length but are gravitationally contracting to form stars. Radiation will eventually erode away the material at the tips and expose the new stars. The column at the lower left is another star-forming pillar dubbed the "Fairy of Eagle Nebula." M16, also catalogued as NGC 6611 and IC 4703, lies about 7,000 light years distant and is oriented between the constellations Serpens Cauda (Snake's Tail), Aquila (the Eagle), and Sagittarius (the Archer).
APOD: 2019 November 15 - M16 and the Eagle Nebula
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Thank you, my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "M16 and the Eagle Nebula."
Image: M16 and the Eagle Nebula - Image Credit & Copyright - Martin Pugh
"Explanation: A star cluster around 2 million years young surrounded by natal clouds of dust and glowing gas, M16 is also known as The Eagle Nebula. This beautifully detailed portrait of the region was made with groundbased narrow and broadband image data. It includes cosmic sculptures made famous in Hubble Space Telescope close-ups of the starforming complex. Described as elephant trunks or Pillars of Creation, dense, dusty columns rising near the center are light-years in length but are gravitationally contracting to form stars. Energetic radiation from the cluster stars erodes material near the tips, eventually exposing the embedded new stars. Extending from the ridge of bright emission at lower left is another dusty starforming column known as the Fairy of Eagle Nebula. M16 lies about 7,000 light-years away, an easy target for binoculars or small telescopes in a nebula rich part of the sky toward the split constellation Serpens Cauda (the tail of the snake)."
Eagle Nebula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpOYjB6FER0
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Image: M16 and the Eagle Nebula - Image Credit & Copyright - Martin Pugh
"Explanation: A star cluster around 2 million years young surrounded by natal clouds of dust and glowing gas, M16 is also known as The Eagle Nebula. This beautifully detailed portrait of the region was made with groundbased narrow and broadband image data. It includes cosmic sculptures made famous in Hubble Space Telescope close-ups of the starforming complex. Described as elephant trunks or Pillars of Creation, dense, dusty columns rising near the center are light-years in length but are gravitationally contracting to form stars. Energetic radiation from the cluster stars erodes material near the tips, eventually exposing the embedded new stars. Extending from the ridge of bright emission at lower left is another dusty starforming column known as the Fairy of Eagle Nebula. M16 lies about 7,000 light-years away, an easy target for binoculars or small telescopes in a nebula rich part of the sky toward the split constellation Serpens Cauda (the tail of the snake)."
Eagle Nebula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpOYjB6FER0
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs SSgt Robert Marx SSgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski Maj Marty Hogan PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SP5 Robert Ruck SCPO Morris Ramsey SPC Margaret Higgins SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSLLTC Wayne Brandon LTC Bill Koski Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SPC Tom DeSmet SGT Charles H. Hawes SGT (Join to see) SSG David Andrews
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These pics just keep getting more incredible with every picture. Can't wait to get to the next one!
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