# @nasaartemis on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BmDzHI_gC5t
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15343565-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-08-04T13:53:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

The Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16, contains the young star cluster NGC 6611. It also the site of the spectacular star-forming region known as the Pillars of Creation, which is located in the southern portion of the Eagle Nebula. This new composite image shows the region around the Pillars, which are about 5,700 light years from Earth. The image combines X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope optical data. The optical image, taken with filters to emphasize the interstellar gas and dust, shows dusty brown nebula immersed in a blue-green haze, and a few stars that appear as pink dots in the image. The Chandra data reveal X-rays from hot outer atmospheres from stars. In this image, low, medium, and high-energy X-rays detected by Chandra have been colored red, green, and blue. 
Happy #spacesaturday folks!! ✨

Credit: NASA

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pillarsofcreation, eaglenebula, nasa, xray, spacesaturday, universe, space, discover, beautiful, nebula, messier16, galaxy, chandra, wonder

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