Revisiting the Eagle Nebula
spitzer_ssc2023-05 August 25th, 2023
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The Eagle Nebula (M16) is one of the best-known regions of star formation in our galaxy as it is host to the iconic “Pillars of Creation.” This infrared view of the region highlights the extensive fields of dust, gas, and stars that are hidden from view in visible light, and was rendered from archival data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. Spitzer is now celebrating the 20th anniversary of its launch, and although it stopped collecting new observations after its retirement in 2020 it has left a vast legacy of data spanning the solar system, Milky Way, and the galaxies beyond that will help shape the questions astronomers hope to answer with new generations of telescopes like JWST.
In this image, infrared light at wavelengths of 4.5, 8.0, and 24 microns is displayed as blue, green, and red, respectively. The data are from the mission archive of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope
Image Source: https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/image/ssc2023-05-revisiting-the-eagle-nebula
Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA
Image Use Policy: https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/page/image-use-policy
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Image Details
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Position Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- ssc2023-05
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.2.
- Subject Name
- Eagle Nebula, M16, NGC 6611
- Credits
- NASA/JPL-Caltech
- Release Date
- 2023-08-25
- Lightyears
- 5,700
- Redshift
- 5,700
- Reference Url
- https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/image/ssc2023-05-revisiting-the-eagle-nebula
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Spitzer, Spitzer, Spitzer
- Instrument
- IRAC, IRAC, MIPS
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Near-IR, Mid-IR, Mid-IR
- Central Wavelength
- 4500, 8000, 24000
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 274.7616403, -13.7894810
- Reference Dimension
- 2490.0, 2630.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1246.0, 1316.0
- Scale
- -0.000333464, 0.000333464
- Rotation
- 61.75
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- WCS retrieved using CXCs PinpointWCS
- Creator (Curator)
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- 1200 E. California Blvd.
- City
- Pasadena
- State/Province
- CA
- Postal Code
- 91125
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/page/image-use-policy
- Publisher
- Spitzer Science Center
- Publisher ID
- spitzer
- Resource ID
- Resource URL
- https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/system/avm_images/binaries/27/original/EagleNeb.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2023-08-25T21:54:34Z
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
