M16: 创生之柱
Three large interstellar dust pillars are shown against a starfield and a multicolored glowing background. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
三根巨大的星际尘埃柱映衬着星空和五彩斑斓的发光背景。有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
M16：老鹰星云的内部
2020年12月28日 M16: Inside the Eagle Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Nicolas Paladini Explanation: From afar, the whole thing looks like an Eagle. A closer look at the Eagle Nebula, however, shows the bright region is actually a window into the center of a larger dark shell of dust. Through this window, a brightly-lit workshop appears where a whole open cluster of stars is being formed. In this cavity tall pillars and round globules of dark dust and cold molecular gas remain where stars are still forming. Already visible are several young bright blue stars whose light and winds are burning away and pushing back the remaining filaments and walls of gas and dust. The Eagle emission nebula, tagged M16, lies about 6500 light years away,…
M16: 恒星诞生之柱
2020年12月06日 M16: Pillars of Star Creation Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope, J. Hester, P. Scowen (ASU) Explanation: These dark pillars may look destructive, but they are creating stars. This pillar-capturing image of the inside of the Eagle Nebula, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995, shows evaporating gaseous globules (EGGs) emerging from pillars of molecular hydrogen gas and dust. The giant pillars are light years in length and are so dense that interior gas contracts gravitationally to form stars. At each pillars’ end, the intense radiation of bright young stars causes low density material to boil away, leaving stellar nurseries of dense EGGs exposed. The Eagle Nebula, associated with the open star cluster M16, lies about 7000 light years away. The pillars…