Messier 16
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Messier 16, also known as the Eagle Nebula, is a young open star cluster embedded in a vast emission nebula famous for its towering star-forming gas and dust structures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Messier 16 canonical | 3 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
H II region
ⓘ
astronomical object ⓘ emission nebula ⓘ open star cluster ⓘ |
| age | about 1–3 million years ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Eagle Nebula
ⓘ
M16 ⓘ NGC 6611 ⓘ |
| angularSize |
approximately 7 arcminutes by 5 arcminutes (cluster)
ⓘ
approximately 70 arcminutes by 50 arcminutes (nebula) ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 6.0 ⓘ |
| bestSeenInMonth | July ⓘ |
| cataloguedBy | Charles Messier ⓘ |
| catalogueEntry | Messier catalogue ⓘ |
| contains | Pillars of Creation ⓘ |
| containsObjectType |
B-type stars
ⓘ
O-type stars ⓘ evaporating gaseous globules ⓘ protostars ⓘ |
| declination | −13° 47′ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Charles Messier
ⓘ
Philippe Loys de Chéseaux ⓘ
surface form:
Jean-Philippe de Chéseaux
|
| discoveryYear | 1745 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 2,000 parsecs
ⓘ
about 7,000 light-years ⓘ |
| excites | surrounding H II region gas ⓘ |
| famousFor |
Pillars of Creation
ⓘ
surface form:
Pillars of Creation Hubble images
|
| hasApproximateStarCount | several thousand stars ⓘ |
| hasDustComponent | interstellar dust ⓘ |
| hasGasComponent |
ionized hydrogen
ⓘ
molecular hydrogen ⓘ |
| hasType |
star-forming region
ⓘ
young open cluster ⓘ |
| imagedBy |
Chandra X-ray Observatory
ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ Spitzer Space Telescope ⓘ |
| ionizedBy | massive hot stars in NGC 6611 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Serpens OB1 association ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation |
Serpens
ⓘ
Serpens Cauda ⓘ |
| locatedInGalaxy | Milky Way ⓘ |
| observedInWavelength |
X-ray
ⓘ
infrared ⓘ visible light ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sagittarius Arm
ⓘ
surface form:
Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way
|
| rightAscension | 18h 18m ⓘ |
| spectralType | emission nebula dominated by hydrogen-alpha ⓘ |
| visibleFromHemisphere |
Northern Hemisphere
ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.