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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Pillars of the Eagle Nebula in Infrared
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| 7 Mar, 2021
| Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble, HLA; Processing: Luis Romero
Posted on 03/07/2021 2:21:54 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: Newborn stars are forming in the Eagle Nebula. Gravitationally contracting in pillars of dense gas and dust, the intense radiation of these newly-formed bright stars is causing surrounding material to boil away. This image, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope in near infrared light, allows the viewer to see through much of the thick dust that makes the pillars opaque in visible light. The giant structures are light years in length and dubbed informally the Pillars of Creation. Associated with the open star cluster M16, the Eagle Nebula lies about 6,500 light years away. The Eagle Nebula is an easy target for small telescopes in a nebula-rich part of the sky toward the split constellation Serpens Cauda (the tail of the snake).
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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03/07/2021 2:22:13 PM PST
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MtnClimber
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03/07/2021 2:24:04 PM PST
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MtnClimber
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Looks like a dog on the right rearing up on its feet...
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03/07/2021 2:29:53 PM PST
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ETL
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Looks like a dog on the right rearing up on its feet...
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03/07/2021 2:30:37 PM PST
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ETL
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To: MtnClimber
All the way on the right...
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03/07/2021 2:33:19 PM PST
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ETL
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posted on
03/07/2021 2:36:34 PM PST
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Repeal The 17th
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To: ETL
The dog looks like it is barking at a crow. A crow that is sitting on....it looks like Nancy Pelosi’s head. What is Nancy wearing? Nothing! I’m turning my computer off!
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03/07/2021 2:53:21 PM PST
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MtnClimber
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posted on
03/07/2021 3:14:42 PM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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There is a face on the leftside.
To the left of that there are 2 men running.
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