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

[breaca.livejournal.com]

I remember those from my college astronomy class. Seeing those was what made me realize that the massive size of objects/particles in the universe was so immense that I just couldn't quite wrap my brain around it.

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

Oh...oh, oh, oh...

::loves the beauty::

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

The second, "Pillars of creation", is the most popular Hubble image. I actually made a mouse pad out of it which I had at the Heinlein Centennial.

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[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.

[justaqt.livejournal.com]

I thought these were artist renderings.
-gapes in awe-
wow.

[theoneinblue.livejournal.com]

Those are simply amazing...and too much to comprehend...how beautiful...