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This newly processed image of a cosmic pillar in the Eagle Nebula M16 has been released as part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations.

The 9.5 light-years tall pillar is 7,000 light-years from Earth.

The intricate structure is sculpted from cold Hydrogen gas by the fierce radiation and stellar winds of stars north-east of this image near the center of M16. New star formation is occurring within the compressed gas of the pillar.

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-spies-cosmic-pillar-in-eagle-nebula/
ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll
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Hubble Spies Cosmic Pillar in Eagle Nebula

Hubble releases a new image from the Eagle Nebula (Messier 16). This iconic "Pillar of Creation" is an area where new stars are forming.

NASA Science
Apr 18 at 10:56pmWeb
Show threadAkaSci 🛰️Apr 18

The cosmic pillar pictured above is located in the Eagle Nebula M16, 7,000 ly away. The images and graphics below show the location of the Eagle Nebula in the night sky and the locations of the cosmic pillar and the famous Pillars of Creation within the 70x55 ly nebula. The pillar is about 10 ly away from the Pillars of Creation and the head of the eagle.

https://stellarium-web.org/
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0926a/
https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/wide-field-image-of-the-eagle-nebula/
https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/eagle-nebula-pillar/
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/explore-the-night-sky/hubble-messier-catalog/messier-16/
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Stellarium Web Online Star Map

Stellarium Web is a planetarium running in your web browser. It shows a realistic star map, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.

Show threadRichard HendricksApr 19
@AkaSci I'm going to call this the Hummingbird Pillar!
Show threadJamesBontApr 19

@AkaSci

Diese Aufnahmen sind in etwa 700000 Erden-Jahre alt !!!

Wer sagt uns also dass das was wir da sehen noch wirklich existiert?

Wir blicken nur in die Vergangenheit, nicht in die Zukunft und ehrlich gesagt kann ich der Vergangenheit, wo diese hier doch nur also Illusionen,Lügen und Fakes besteht, nichts schönes mehr abgewinnen.

Wir sollten uns lieber der gegenwärtigen Realität hier stellen und diese schaut derweil weit mehr als düster aus.