Nebula
Home to the Pillars of Creation, towering columns of gas and dust where new stars are forming.
| Type | Nebula |
|---|---|
| Nebula type | Emission |
| Distance from Earth | 5,700 ly |
| Diameter | 662,000,000,000,000 km |
| Mass | 2.39 × 10^34 kg |
| Temperature | 9,727°C |
| Apparent magnitude | 6 |
| Redshift | 0 |
| Hemisphere | Southern |
| Discovered | 1745 |
At 662,000,000,000,000 km across, Eagle Nebula is 51,954,167,321 times the diameter of Earth.
Its mass is 4,002,009,377 times the mass of Earth.
The light reaching us from Eagle Nebula tonight left it around 5,700 years ago.
An average temperature of 10,000 K works out at 9,727 degrees Celsius, warmer than the 15 degrees Earth averages.
It has been on record since 1745.
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