Mounted image 32: The ISAAC infrared images of Messier 16
An image of the Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16, with its photogenic, dusty pillars rising through background and foreground stars. A number of red objects can be seen associated with the pillars; some of these are just background sources seen through the dust, but some are probably young stars embedded in the pillars.
Credit:
ESO/M.McCaughrean & M.Andersen (AIP)
About the Mounted Image
Buy in shop| Id: | mounted_032 |
| Release date: | 15 March 2011, 17:55 |
| Dimensions: | 30 cm (W) x 36.22 cm (H) |
| Related archive image: | eso0142b |