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Nebula

Part of the Stars honor.

Eagle nebula pillars

The Eagle Nebula captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

A nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust, gas and plasma. Interstellar is a word meaning “between or among the stars.” Nebulae are among the most beautiful objects in the night sky. Perhaps one of the most famous and easily recognized space objects, the Eagle Nebula (also known as Messier Object 16, M16 or NGC 6611) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens.

Adapted from AY Honors/Stars/Nebula on the Pathfinder Wiki, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. See the original page's history for its authors.
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