Infrared View of M16, the Eagle Nebula
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/N. Flagey (IAS/SSC) & A. Noriega-Crespo (SSC/Caltech)
Observation • September 1st, 2007 • ssc2007-01c1
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This picture shows lots of stars and dusty structures with clarity. Dusty molecules found on Earth called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons produce most of the red; gas is green and stars are blue.The image is a composite of infrared light with the following wavelengths: 3.6 microns (blue); 4.5 microns (green); 5.8 microns (orange); and 8 microns (red).
About the Object
- Name
- Eagle Nebula • Messier 16 • M16 • NGC 6611
- Type
- Star > Evolutionary Stage > Protostar
- Nebula > Type > Star Formation
- Distance
- 6,500 Light Years
Color Mapping
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared | 3.6 µm | Spitzer IRAC |
| Infrared | 4.5 µm | Spitzer IRAC |
| Infrared | 5.8 µm | Spitzer IRAC |
| Infrared | 8.0 µm | Spitzer IRAC |
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
