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Inspired by the Pillars of Creation star cluster
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Black Pillar of Eagle Nebula © Hubble
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"The Pillars of Creation", part of the Eagle Nebula (M16) // Caetano Profeta
Perhaps the most well-known aspect of the Eagle Nebula are the famous Pillars of Creation, columns of hydrogen gas and dust that act as incubators for new stars. The largest of the three pillars is about 4 light years high. It is debated how long these pillars will remain before they are blown away by supernovae shockwaves, although one estimate says they'll be around for the next 100,000 years.
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Dazzling Stars in Eagle Nebula: NGC 6611/IRAS 12196-6300
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Hello! Do you happen to know which nebula it is in the background of the first scene of s2? I wasn’t sure if anyone had identified it or if I should start trying to match it up with some NASA pics…
If no one has identified it, do you have any nice clear images of it?
Hiya! :)
These are the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula in the Serpens constellation,
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M16: The Eagle Nebula
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I finished watching Good Omens season 2 yesterday but my favorite part is still probably Crowley nerding the fuck out over MAKING THE GODDAMN PILLARS OF GODDAMN CREATION. Y'all, the noise I made when I saw that lovely, lumpy shape. It was unholy.
The Pillars of Creation are a stellar nursery, where new stars are born, and the 'structure' is located within the Eagle Nebula, which is in turn within the Serpens constellation. For a sense of scale, they're about five light years 'tall.' That means it takes light, which travels at approximately 300,000 kilometres per second (186,000 miles per second), five years to go from one end to the other.
The images above don't exactly match what the pillars look like now, which is honestly perfect because the clouds of interstellar gas shift and change over time.
[image from the Hubble Space Telescope, 2014]
[near-infrared image from the James Webb Space Telescope, 2022]
Anyway, I love that Crowley is so *chinhands kicky feet* about astronomy and cosmology, and that he made just about the prettiest thing we know of in the universe! :D
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