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Date
2007-01-09
ID
ssc2007-01c3
Type
Observation
Credit
NASA/JPL-Caltech/N. Flagey (IAS/SSC) & A. Noriega-Crespo (SSC/Caltech)
Observers
S. Carey (SSC/Caltech) A. Noriega-Crespo (SSC/Caltech) F. Boulanger (IAS, France) S. Price (AFRL) R. Indebetouw (U. Virginia) N. Flagey (IAS/SSC) R. Paladini (SSC/Caltech) S. Shenoy (SSC/Caltech) F. Marleau (SSC/Caltech) K. Kraemer (AFRL) D. Mizuno (Boston College) D. Padgett (SSC/Caltech) T. Kuchar (Boston College)

About the Object

Name
Eagle Nebula • Messier 16 • M16 • NGC 6611
Type
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Protostar
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova
Distance
6,500 Light Years

Color Mapping

Band Wavelength Telescope
Infrared 3.6 µm Spitzer IRAC
Infrared 8.0 µm Spitzer IRAC
Infrared 24.0 µm Spitzer MIPS
Infrared 70.0 µm Spitzer MIPS

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Astrometrics

Position (J2000)
RA = 18h 18m 48.4s
Dec = -13° 46' 7.3"
Field of View
28.0 x 32.0 arcminutes
Orientation
North is 91.7° left of vertical
Constellation
Serpens

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Infrared View of the Eagle Nebula

This infrared picture highlights the contrast between the hot, supernova-heated dust (green) and the cooler dust making up the Eagle Nebula's dusty star-forming clouds and towers (red, blue and purple).The image includes longer infrared wavelengths, and is a composite of light of 4.5 to 8.0 microns (blue); 24 microns (green); and 70 microns (red).