APOD: 2026 May 31 Б Eagle Nebula Pillars in Infrared from Hubble
Explanation:
Newborn stars are forming in the Eagle Nebula.
They are 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 a satisfying target
for small telescopes in a nebula-rich part of the sky toward the
split constellation
Serpens Cauda
(the tail of the snake).
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