Pillars of the Eagle Nebula in Infrared

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Explanation: Newborn stars are forming in the Eagle Nebula. Gravitationally contracting in pillars of dense gas and dust, the intense radiation of these newly-formed bright stars is causing surrounding material to boil away. This image, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope in near infrared light, allows the viewer to see through much of the thick dust that makes the pillars opaque in visible light. The giant structures are light years in length and dubbed informally the Pillars of Creation. Associated with the open star cluster M16, the Eagle Nebula lies about 6,500 light years away. The Eagle Nebula is an easy target for small telescopes in a nebula-rich part of the sky toward the split constellation Serpens Cauda (the tail of the snake).

This wonderful image of pillar of Eagle Nebula taken by Hubble Telescope is showing the formation of newborn stars. Pillars are made of dust and dense gas and the material surrounding newborn stars are getting boiled due its strong radiation. The Eagle Nebula is located about 6500 light years away from Earth. Stars are appearing as small LED bulb in the image.

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180620.html

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Amazing art looks like the whole galaxy poured in eagle Nabula

amazing snap!