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Eagle Nebula</p>
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The Eagle Nebula is a vast stellar nursery located some 
7,000 light years from our solar system. The 
nebula is a region of intense star formation that is in the 
process of forming a star cluster. 
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This cloud of gas and dust is located within the 
constellation of Serpens. &nbsp; In 1764 the French comet 
hunter, Charles Messier, made it the sixteenth object, 
M 16, of his now famous catalog.
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This image was obtained using the Palomar Observatory's 
60-inch Telescope by Antonin Bouchez of the California 
Institute of Technology. This color image is composed of 
three images taken with g, r, and i filters displayed as 
blue, green, red. 
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