Eagle Nebula

Reproduced by permission p. 70 Gas pillars in Eagle Nebula, view from Hubble Space Telescope (HST), photograph. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) p. 73 Saints and Sinners, sculpture by Marshall M. Fredericks, photograph. 

Figure 8.1 Interstallar gas and dust. The pillars of the Eagle nebula as observed by Hubble Space Telescope using Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2. (Picture by courtesy of NASA and European Space Agency)...

Fig. 10.2, Hubble Space Telecsope image of the Eagle nebula. Credit Andrew FVuchter (STScI) et al., WFPC2, HST, NASA...

Stars are bom in nebulae such as the Eagle Nebula (also known as M16). 

This image was taken by the Huhhle Space Telescope and shows a gaseous pillar in a star-forming region of the Eagle Nebula. 

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