Deep sky · Open cluster in Serpens Caput · M 16 · NGC 6611
M 16
Eagle Nebula
The Eagle Nebula, home of the Pillars of Creation — columns of gas light-years tall where stars are forming.
- Type
- Open cluster
- Designations
- M 16 · NGC 6611
- Constellation
- Serpens Caput
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.9
- Apparent size
- 2° × 25′
- Position (J2000)
- RA 18h 19m · Dec −13° 48′
History
Hubble’s 1995 photograph of the Pillars became one of the most famous images in science; the James Webb telescope revisited them in 2022.