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RE: The Wonders of Witnessing: Simple Observing is Still Worthwhile Even If It Doesn’t Contribute to Science

in #science • 9 years ago

Why is it called the Eagle nebula? I'm trying to see the eagle, but I'm about as good at that as seeing the bear in the Great Bear constellation.

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    This nebula is located in Eagle (Aquila) constellation. In the next posts I will explain the origin of constellations' names.