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About the Image
- 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 |
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
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).
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