Ngc6611 on Suburban Backyard Astro Sightshttps://hgastro.github.io/tags/ngc6611/Recent content in Ngc6611 on Suburban Backyard Astro SightsHugo -- gohugo.ioenhgastroblog@gmail.comhgastroblog@gmail.comAll images and content on this website © 2025 Howard GramsFri, 15 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000The Eagle Nebulahttps://hgastro.github.io/posts/2023-09-15-eagle-nebula-revisited/Fri, 15 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000hgastroblog@gmail.comhttps://hgastro.github.io/posts/2023-09-15-eagle-nebula-revisited/<p>The Eagle Nebula M16, one of the brightest night sky nebulae, is an area where stars are actively forming. It is filled with dark regions and globules, including a peculiar dark column named the &ldquo;Stellar Spire&rdquo;. Of special note are the &ldquo;Pillars of Creation&rdquo; made famous by an early (1995) picture from the Hubble Space Telescope. The pillars and spire are collapsing clouds of dust and gas being sculpted by intense starlight from newly formed hot stars.</p>