Eagle Nebula
Eagle-like animal nebula
Also known as Messier 16 · M16 · New General Catalogue 6611
- Constellation
- Distance from Earth
- 1,719 pc
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- 1,719 pc
- Apparent magnitude
- 6
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- , 6.58
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- 6
- Right ascension
- 274.7 degree
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- 274.7 degree
- Declination
- -13.8067 degree
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- -13.8067 degree
Overview
All data
40 statements · 83% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Catalog code
- NGC 6611 catalog: New General Catalogue
1
- M 16 catalog: Messier object
1
- IC 4703 catalog: Index Catalogue
1
- LBN 016.96+00.78 catalog: Lynds' Catalogue of Bright Nebulae
1
- LBN 67 catalog: Lynds' Catalogue of Bright Nebulae
1
- OCl 54 catalog: Catalogue of Star Clusters and Associations
1
- Collinder 375 catalog: Collinder catalogue
- Melotte 198 catalog: Melotte Catalogue
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- C 1816-138 catalog: Caldwell catalogue
1
- CTB 51 catalog: A survey of galactic radiation at 960 MC/S
1
- LMH 22 catalog: A radio survey of the galactic plane at a frequency of 408 MHz. I. The discrete sources
1
- OCISM 10 catalog: Catalog of open clusters and associated interstellar matter
1
- [KPS2012] MWSC 2886 catalog: Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. III. 139 new open clusters at high Galactic latitudes
1
- NGC 6611 catalog: New General Catalogue
- Discovered
- 1745
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- 1745
- Radial velocity
- 10 kilometre per second
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- 10 kilometre per second
- Right ascension component of proper motion
- -1.49 milliarcsecond per year
- Declination component of proper motion
- -1.12 milliarcsecond per year
On other databases
7 identifiers linking Eagle Nebula across the web's reference databases