APOD: 2020 December 28 - M16: Inside the Eagle Nebula

Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Monday, December 28, 2020 entitled "M16: Inside the Eagle Nebula."

I hare fired the M16 rifle many times and am familiar with MI-6 :-)

M16: Inside the Eagle Nebula - Image Credit & Copyright Nicolas Paladini

APOD Background
Explanation: From afar, the whole thing looks like an Eagle. A closer look at the Eagle Nebula, however, shows the bright region is actually a window into the center of a larger dark shell of dust. Through this window, a brightly-lit workshop appears where a whole open cluster of stars is being formed. In this cavity tall pillars and round globules of dark dust and cold molecular gas remain where stars are still forming. Already visible are several young bright blue stars whose light and winds are burning away and pushing back the remaining filaments and walls of gas and dust. The Eagle emission nebula, tagged M16, lies about 6500 light years away, spans about 20 light-years, and is visible with binoculars toward the constellation of the Serpent (Serpens). This picture involved over 12 hours of imaging and combines three specific emitted colors emitted by sulfur (colored as red), hydrogen (yellow), and oxygen (blue).'

Roberto Cacciapaglia-oceano (Eagle Nebula)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tjq4MJdZE0

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The "Pillars of Creation."

https://youtu.be/1TQ5vuziPj4
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