NGC 6611
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NGC 6611 is a young, massive open star cluster embedded within the Eagle Nebula, notable for illuminating and shaping its surrounding interstellar gas and dust.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
open star cluster
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young star cluster ⓘ |
| age |
about 1 to 3 million years
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younger than 5 million years ⓘ |
| angularSize | approximately 7 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | about 6.0 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pillars of Creation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
photoevaporation of molecular clouds ⓘ star formation ⓘ |
| catalogCode | NGC 6611 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
B-type stars
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Herbig Ae/Be stars NERFINISHED ⓘ T Tauri stars NERFINISHED ⓘ massive O-type stars ⓘ pre-main-sequence stars ⓘ young stellar objects ⓘ |
| DecJ2000 | −13° 47′ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Charles Messier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1764 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
approximately 1.7 kiloparsecs
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approximately 5700 light-years ⓘ |
| embeddedIn | H II region of the Eagle Nebula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | about +0.8 degrees ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude | about 17 degrees ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
rich in massive stars
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significant differential reddening ⓘ strong ultraviolet radiation field ⓘ |
| illuminates | Eagle Nebula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influences |
evolution of nearby protostellar cores
ⓘ
structure of the Pillars of Creation ⓘ |
| ionizes | surrounding hydrogen gas ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eagle Nebula
NERFINISHED
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Milky Way ⓘ constellation Serpens ⓘ |
| mass | several thousand solar masses ⓘ |
| memberOf | Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedIn |
X-ray wavelengths
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infrared wavelengths ⓘ optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| otherName |
Eagle Nebula star cluster
NERFINISHED
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M16 star cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Messier 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| RAJ2000 | 18h 18m ⓘ |
| shapes | surrounding interstellar gas and dust ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
Chandra X-ray Observatory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ Spitzer Space Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.