Posted on Sep 30, 2020

APOD: 2020 September 30 - Sonified: Eagle Nebula Pillars

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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Sonified: Eagle Nebula Pillars." The Eagle Nebula is also known as M16, NGC 6611, and the Star Queen Nebula. It is a young (1-2 million years old) open cluster of stars that lies some 6,500 light years away in the constellation Serpens, and was discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745–46. Both the "Eagle" and the "Star Queen" refer to visual impressions of the dark silhouette near the center of the nebula made famous as the "Pillars of Creation" by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).

Today's video clip (0:30) combines data from HST and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory with sound. Using vertical positioning for pitch, listen to the 'sound' of the Pillars as the sonification data line sweeps from left to right.

APOD: 2020 September 30 - Sonified: Eagle Nebula Pillars

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Gas Pillars in the Eagle Nebula

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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Video of the Day (AVOD) for Wednesday, September 30, 2020 entitled "Sonified: Eagle Nebula Pillars."

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1. Sonified Eagle Nebula Pillars 2014
2. Deep Hubble images of Sonified Nebula Pillars

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"Explanation: Yes, but have you ever experienced the Eagle Nebula with your ears ? The famous nebula, M16, is best known for the feast it gives your eyes, highlighting bright young stars forming deep inside dark towering structures. These light-years long columns of cold gas and dust are some 6,500 light-years distant toward the constellation of the Serpent (Serpens). Sculpted and eroded by the energetic ultraviolet light and powerful winds from M16's cluster of massive stars, the cosmic pillars themselves are destined for destruction. But the turbulent environment of star formation within M16, whose spectacular details are captured in this combined Hubble (visible) and Chandra (X-ray) image, is likely similar to the environment that formed our own Sun. In the featured video, listen for stars and dust sounding off as the line of sonification moves left to right, with vertical position determining pitch.

Gas Pillars in the Eagle Nebula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40ti32mO4TY

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