#Eagle Nebula

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The Haunting Spire: Messier 16 © Hubble

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Fairy of the Eagle Nebula

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Grasp

Inspired by the Pillars of Creation star cluster

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Pillars of Creation

The Pillars of Creation is a famous region within the Eagle Nebula (M16), located about 6,500 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Serpens.

The name "Pillars of Creation" refers to the towering columns of gas and dust that are part of this stellar nursery, where new stars are being born.

Credits: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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"The Pillars of Creation" within the Eagle Nebula (M16) // John Hawk

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M16, Eagle nebula (HOO - "Hubble Palette inspired look" L Extreme edition

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It would take more than nine years for light to travel the length of this pillar of gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula. Eventually the ultraviolet light from the offscreen stars that leave it silhouetted against the nebula will erode the pillar completely. Credit: Hubble/NASA, ESA.

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Messier 16 - the Eagle Nebula // Shay

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The Eagle Nebula is most famous for the three pillars of dust at its core, known as the Pillars of Creation, but holds dozens of smaller formations within its highly active core. The nebula is a strong source of both the visible light captured in this image and higher-energy radiation, such as X-rays. It is one of the most photographed and most studied nebulae in the sky.

Captured at 1600mm with a 200mm Ritchey-Chretien telescope and a ZWO ASI533MM Pro.

This image includes about six hours of total integration time across the sulfur-ii (red in this image), hydrogen alpha (shown in green), and oxygen-iii (shown in blue) wavelengths, collected over three nights of imaging.

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Black Pillar of Eagle Nebula © Hubble

[thedemonknownasbilly]

Tell me this isn’t them…

[stellar spire in Eagle Nebula captured by the Hubble Telescope]

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I don't think people realize just how involved Crowley was in the nebulae creations. Just in the series, we have three whole references to three different nebulae.

Eta Carinae Nebula:

Pillars of creation, Eagle Nebula:

Horsehead nebula:

I know it's no surprise that he was involved, but people need to realize just how many nebulae he "worked very closely with upstairs" on.

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Stellar Spire in the Eagle Nebula 

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[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Hello! Do you happen to know which nebula it is in the background of the first scene of s2? I wasn’t sure if anyone had identified it or if I should start trying to match it up with some NASA pics…

If no one has identified it, do you have any nice clear images of it?

Hiya! :)

These are the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula in the Serpens constellation,

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