open star cluster NGC 6611
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Open star cluster NGC 6611 is a young, massive cluster of hot, bright stars that illuminates and shapes the surrounding gas and dust of the Eagle Nebula.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NGC 6611 | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
open star cluster
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stellar cluster ⓘ young star cluster ⓘ |
| age | about 1–3 million years ⓘ |
| angularSize | about 7 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | about 6.0 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Pillars of Creation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Galactic open cluster population ⓘ |
| catalogCode | NGC 6611 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
B-type stars
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Herbig Ae/Be stars NERFINISHED ⓘ T Tauri stars ⓘ massive O-type stars ⓘ pre-main-sequence stars ⓘ |
| declination | −13° 47′ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Philippe Loys de Chéseaux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1745–1746 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 1.7 kiloparsecs
ⓘ
about 5700 light-years ⓘ |
| environment | giant molecular cloud ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | about +0.8° ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude | about 17° ⓘ |
| hasCoreRadius | about 1 parsec ⓘ |
| hasRole | primary ionizing source of the Eagle Nebula ⓘ |
| hasSpectralTypeDominance | O and B ⓘ |
| hasStellarPopulation | top-heavy initial mass function (relative to field) ⓘ |
| illuminates | Eagle Nebula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Messier Catalogue (as part of M16)
NERFINISHED
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New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ionizes | gas in the Eagle Nebula ⓘ |
| isSiteOf | active star formation ⓘ |
| isTargetOf |
studies of protoplanetary disks
ⓘ
studies of triggered star formation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eagle Nebula
NERFINISHED
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Messier 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ Milky Way ⓘ Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ Sagittarius constellation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mass | several thousand solar masses ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Chandra X-ray Observatory
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Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ Spitzer Space Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| otherDesignation |
Collinder 375
NERFINISHED
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M16 star cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ OCL 41 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Eagle Nebula star-forming region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 18h 18m ⓘ |
| shapes | surrounding gas and dust ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.