Astronomy Picture of Day: Eagle Nebula# Astronomy - 天文
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The Eagle Nebula for CFHT
Credit & Copyright: Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT), Hawaiian Starlight, CFHT
Explanation: Bright blue stars are still forming in the dark pillars of the Eagle Nebula. Made
famous by a picture from the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995, the Eagle Nebula shows the
dramatic process of star formation. To the upper right of the nebula in the above picture lies
the heart of the open cluster M16. The bright blue stars of M16 have been continually
forming over the past 5 milli
Credit & Copyright: Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT), Hawaiian Starlight, CFHT
Explanation: Bright blue stars are still forming in the dark pillars of the Eagle Nebula. Made
famous by a picture from the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995, the Eagle Nebula shows the
dramatic process of star formation. To the upper right of the nebula in the above picture lies
the heart of the open cluster M16. The bright blue stars of M16 have been continually
forming over the past 5 milli