Eagle Nebula (M16) Pillar Detail: Portion of Base
stsci_2005-12g April 25th, 2005
Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
A detail of the Eagle Nebula (M16) showing a portion of a pillar of gas and dust. Denser clouds are silhouetted against glowing gas and material reflecting light from nearby stars.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2005/news-2005-12
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Image Details
Distance
Position Details
Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (B) | 435.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical ([O III]) | 502.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical ([O III]) | 502.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (V) | 555.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (Halpha [N II]) | 658.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (Halpha [N II]) | 658.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (I) | 814.0 nm |
| November 4 - 7, 2004 | |||
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- ID
- 2005-12g
- Subject Category
- C.4.2.1
- Subject Name
- Eagle Nebula, M16, NGC 6611, IC 4703
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
- Release Date
- 2005-04-25T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 31,000,000
- Redshift
- 31,000,000
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2005/news-2005-12
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- About 31 million light-years (9.6 Megaparsecs)
- Facility
- Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Blue, Green, Green, Red, Green, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- B, [O III], [O III], V, Halpha [N II], Halpha [N II], I
- Central Wavelength
- 435, 502, 502, 555, 658, 658, 814
- Start Time
- 2004-11-04T00:00:00, 2004-11-04T00:00:00, 2004-11-04T00:00:00, 2004-11-04T00:00:00, 2004-11-04T00:00:00, 2004-11-04T00:00:00, 2004-11-04T00:00:00
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- N
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 274.81656239706, -13.75688516240
- Reference Dimension
- 1280.00, 960.00
- Reference Pixel
- 314.79331448887, 3243.14073520461
- Scale
- -0.00001389370, 0.00001389370
- Rotation
- 97.10365939587
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- http://hubblesite.org
- Name
- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- outreach@stsci.edu
- Telephone
- 410-338-4444
- Address
- 3700 San Martin Drive
- City
- Baltimore
- State/Province
- MD
- Postal Code
- 21218
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
- Publisher
- STScI
- Publisher ID
- stsci
- Resource ID
- STSCI-H-p0512g-f-1280x960.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0512g-f-1280x960.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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