Eagle Nebula
Eagle Nebula

Eagle Nebula

The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611), the young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745-46

astronomical object, Deep Sky Object

Discoverer
Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux
Wikipedia Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Nebula
Class
astronomical object, Deep Sky Object
Related Websites
▶ http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0142, http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090208.html, http://www.darkatmospheres.com/astro/gallery/nebulae/enlarge.php?fileBase=nebulae_4, http://www.dsi-astronomie.de/M16.html, http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/heic0506b.html,  …
Freebase ID
"/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000001d2256"
DBPedia URI
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Eagle_Nebula
Rare Terms
"messier 16", "m16"
Freebase Primary MID
"/m/01v8lq"
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