Nebula 003 / 100
Eagle Nebula
NGC6611
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At a glance
- Type
- Emission nebula (H II region)
- Constellation
- Se2
- Right ascension
- 18h 18m 48.2s
- Declination
- −13° 48′
- Apparent magnitude
- 6.0
- Angular size
- 120x25′
- Catalogue
- NGC6611
The outline on your card
Towering columns of cold molecular gas and dust silhouette against a bright H II background.
- Outline class
- Pillar
- Axis ratio
- 0.21 : 1
- Central source
- Embedded cluster
- Surface brightness
- High
- Recorded structure
- Pillars · Dark lane · Embedded stars · Proplyds
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