An amazing collection of NASA's Eagle nebula pictures

Located 6,500 light-years away, the Eagle Nebula is a magnificent star-forming region that is home to the famous Pillars of Creation.? ? ? ??

M16 is the collective name for two distinct objects that are listed separately in astronomical catalogues: an emission nebula, referred to as IC 4703, and an open star cluster, designated as NGC 6611.

Appearing like a winged fairy-tale creature poised on a pedestal, this object is actually a billowing tower of cold gas and dust rising in the Eagle Nebula. The soaring pillar is 9.5 light-years, or about 57 trillion miles, high, about twice the distance from our Sun to the nearest star.??

A star-forming area of the Milky Way galaxy, the Eagle Nebula (M16) is teeming with gas, dust, and nascent stars. Towers of gas and dust sculpted by the blazing stars in the area are known as the 'Pillars of Creation' and are located within the nebula.?

The Trifid Nebula, M20 has an apparent magnitude of 6.3 and can be spotted with a small telescope. It is located 9,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius? It is best observed during August.

A portion of the open cluster NGC 6530 appears as a roiling wall of smoke studded with stars in this image from the NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 6530 is a collection of several thousand stars lying around 4350 light-years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius.

A dusty bright nebula contrasts dramatically with a dusty dark nebula in this Hubble Space Telescope image. The nebula, cataloged as NGC 1999, is a reflection nebula, which shines by reflecting light from a nearby star.