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Digitized Sky Survey Image of the Eagle Nebula


Date: 04 January 2015
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: Eagle Nebula, M16, Messier 16
Copyright: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.

This image is a colour composite of the Eagle Nebula (M16) made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The field of view is approximately 3.8 × 3.3 degrees.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
21-Apr-2026 08:47 UT

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