M16 Widefield Eagle Nebula
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M16 Eagle Nebula
M16 Widefield Eagle Nebula
$93.00
Sale price
$93.00
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$155.00
M16 Eagle Nebula
NGC 6611
The Hubble Space Telescope's 1995 image of pillars of dust and gas, light-years long, within the M16 Eagle Nebula was sensational.
Made in near infrared light with the European Southern Observatory's 8.2-meter Antu telescope, this wide-field image makes the pillars seem more transparent, as the longer wavelengths partially penetrate the obscuring dust.
While the Hubble image showed the pillars' startling surface details - over 70 opaque, finger-shaped lumps of material dubbed evaporating gaseous globules or EGGs, the near infrared view has allowed astronomers to peer inside.
Made in near infrared light with the European Southern Observatory's 8.2-meter Antu telescope, this wide-field image makes the pillars seem more transparent, as the longer wavelengths partially penetrate the obscuring dust.
While the Hubble image showed the pillars' startling surface details - over 70 opaque, finger-shaped lumps of material dubbed evaporating gaseous globules or EGGs, the near infrared view has allowed astronomers to peer inside.