Deep-sky object
Eagle Nebula
Eagle Nebula is an H II region nebula with cluster 7 000 light-years away, in Serpens, about 240 light-years across, seen as it was 7 000 years ago.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Type
- H II region nebula with cluster
- Constellation
- Serpens
- Distance
- 7 000 light-years
- Size
- about 240 light-years across
- Brightness from Earth
- magnitude 6.0
- Catalogue
- M16, NGC 6611
See it from here
Bright enough to see with your own eyes from a dark place.
How the map draws it
Drawn as a soft glow in the manner of its kind at its measured distance, as wide as it measures; the pattern in it is illustrative and its true shape is not drawn — the kind of thing, not this exact one.