Eagle Nebula
The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 and also known as the Star Queen Nebula and The Spire is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745–46. The Eagle Nebula lies in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way. Both the "Eagle" and the "Star Queen" refer to visual impressions of the dark silhouette near the center of the nebula, an area made famous as the "Pillars of Creation" imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. The nebula contains several active star-forming gas and dust regions, including the aforementioned Pillars of Creation.
