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  1. Eagle Nebula - Wikipedia

    • 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 Serpens, 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, an are… See more

    Characteristics

    The Eagle Nebula is part of a diffuse emission nebula, or H II region, which is catalogued as IC 4703. This region of … See more

    "Pillars of Creation" region

    Images produced by Jeff Hester and Paul Scowen using the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995 greatly improved scientific understanding of processes inside the nebula. One of these became famous as the "… See more

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