Posted on Aug 12, 2022
APOD: 2022 August 12 - Portrait of the Eagle Nebula
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Good Red Friday evening, Rallypoint, and welcome to the August 12th edition of Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): "Portrait of the Eagle Nebula." The Eagle Nebula (M16) lies 7,000 light-years from Earth in the direction of the galactic center. It was first discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745–46 and later documented by Charles Messier. The nebula measures 70 light-years by 50 light-years and contains the Pillars of Creation, three dust clouds that became famous for the image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995.
The Pillars of Creation are just left of center in this image. A bit further to the left is the Star Queen (or Fairy Queen) of the Eagle Nebula. As an interesting sidebar, the celestial Eagle Nebula passes directly over the terrestrial lands of the Machu Picchu (South America), Angkor Wat (Cambodia), the Niger Delta (Nigeria), the Philippines, and the island of Mali. Each of these earth latitudes have the same celestial latitude of the Eagle Nebula. Do you think those earlier civilizations believed these alignments to be mirrors of each other, and accordingly places of great power? Worth pondering.
The Pillars of Creation are just left of center in this image. A bit further to the left is the Star Queen (or Fairy Queen) of the Eagle Nebula. As an interesting sidebar, the celestial Eagle Nebula passes directly over the terrestrial lands of the Machu Picchu (South America), Angkor Wat (Cambodia), the Niger Delta (Nigeria), the Philippines, and the island of Mali. Each of these earth latitudes have the same celestial latitude of the Eagle Nebula. Do you think those earlier civilizations believed these alignments to be mirrors of each other, and accordingly places of great power? Worth pondering.
APOD: 2022 August 12 - Portrait of the Eagle Nebula
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Thank you my space-exploration advocate friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the August 12, 2022 Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD); Portrait of the Eagle Nubula
Image: Portrait of the Eagle Nebula - Image Credit & Copyright: Charles Bonafilia
Explanation: A star cluster around 2 million years young surrounded by natal clouds of dust and glowing gas, Messier 16 (M16) is also known as The Eagle Nebula. This beautifully detailed image of the region adopts the colorful Hubble palette and 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 left of center 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). As framed, this telescopic portrait of the Eagle Nebula is about 70 light-years across.
They that Wait Upon The Lord [Eagles Presentation] - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZt9KhcJHhk
FYI SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SPC Michael Terrell CPL Douglas Chrysler PO3 Edward Riddle SSgt David M. SSG Michael Noll SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D CSM Charles Hayden GySgt Jack Wallace SPC Nancy Greene 1SG Joseph DarteySPC Lyle Montgomery MAJ Bob Miyagishima PO1 William "Chip" Nagel MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SPC Gary C. Amn Dale Preisach MSG Roy Cheever
Image: Portrait of the Eagle Nebula - Image Credit & Copyright: Charles Bonafilia
Explanation: A star cluster around 2 million years young surrounded by natal clouds of dust and glowing gas, Messier 16 (M16) is also known as The Eagle Nebula. This beautifully detailed image of the region adopts the colorful Hubble palette and 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 left of center 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). As framed, this telescopic portrait of the Eagle Nebula is about 70 light-years across.
They that Wait Upon The Lord [Eagles Presentation] - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZt9KhcJHhk
FYI SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SPC Michael Terrell CPL Douglas Chrysler PO3 Edward Riddle SSgt David M. SSG Michael Noll SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D CSM Charles Hayden GySgt Jack Wallace SPC Nancy Greene 1SG Joseph DarteySPC Lyle Montgomery MAJ Bob Miyagishima PO1 William "Chip" Nagel MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SPC Gary C. Amn Dale Preisach MSG Roy Cheever
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Image: Isaiah 40:31 ESV 'but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they run and not be weary and they shall walk and not faint.
FYI PFC Andrew "Tommy" M.SGM Bill Frazer SGT Steve McFarland Sgt (Join to see) MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. CPL Douglas Chrysler Lt Col Charlie Brown Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen LTC Dave Leppanen SGT Paul Russo SPC Laketta Brazzle SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D SGT Mary G. SGT Tiffanie G. SGT Mark Anderson Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Sgt James Dare Cpl Samuel Pope Sr SPC Chris Hallgrimson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdB9lTUyshM
Image: Isaiah 40:31 ESV 'but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they run and not be weary and they shall walk and not faint.
FYI PFC Andrew "Tommy" M.SGM Bill Frazer SGT Steve McFarland Sgt (Join to see) MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. CPL Douglas Chrysler Lt Col Charlie Brown Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen LTC Dave Leppanen SGT Paul Russo SPC Laketta Brazzle SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D SGT Mary G. SGT Tiffanie G. SGT Mark Anderson Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Sgt James Dare Cpl Samuel Pope Sr SPC Chris Hallgrimson
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Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Thanks for another great share of our universe. 70 x 50 light years is amazing in size.
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