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To: 200 Motels
Shot the Eagle Nebula a couple of weeks ago...Unfortunately conditions were less than perfect.

And below is a close of the Eagle center, "Pillars of Creation" that Hubble made famous.

The height of the tallest pillar is approximately 24 trillion miles high or 4 light years long....lol

44 posted on 10/08/2009 5:52:40 PM PDT by dragnet2
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For those that might care, this was the famous Hubble shot of the "Pillars of Creation" near the center of the Eagle Nebula.

The shot of the Eagle in post#44 with the amateur scope, shows the same area as taken with the Hubble telescope below. Of course we have considerably less than a billion dollars into our scope/cameras...

45 posted on 10/08/2009 6:22:26 PM PDT by dragnet2
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