Astro-image of the day: Eagle Nebula

[mckitterick]

This is the image that made me really fall in love with the Hubble telescope:

Click the image to see the story and a movie.

Gorgeous image of this emission nebula, a.k.a. IC 4703 - though it's usually associated with the open cluster, M16. The tops of those "pillars" are star-forming regions. Here's a close-up of one such area:


If you follow the links above by clicking the images, you can get tons more information and images for this amazing object.

Best,
Chris

Comments

[bdkellmer.livejournal.com]

I love the pic of the Eagle Nebula. I think images like these from the Hubble do more to promote space exploration than almost anything else.

BTW, I've got a question for you I'm emailing to the gmail account you've got listed on your LJ profile.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

The reason I bought my first computer that had a video card and decent monitor was so I could view Hubble shots like this.