Talk:Eagle Nebula
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the eagle nebula is exhilerating =] -Wrestlenovi 04:44, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
Indeed --GTPoompt 15:40, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
You can see a little face in it ^^ 138.217.226.203 19:30, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
It is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.198.209.24.140
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[edit] Theories of formation?
Anyone know of any theories of formation? It's a strange object. It looks like a matter explosion into what was once a homogenous matter cloud. (Does WP:NOR apply to talk pages?) Jeff Carr 23:36, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
- Perhaps it was a large explosion of anti-matter that annilated several light years of matter. Undoubtedly some alien Dr. Strangelove built it to erase nearby stars :) Jeff Carr 23:44, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Destroyed?
From what ive read in the BBC website the pillars of creation have probably been destroyed by and exploding star
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6246333.stm
They have, but are still visible because the nebula is 7000 light years away.
[edit] Added Color?
I hear that they add color to certain space images, probably to enhance them. Is this one of them? Or is it in original color?
This image is not true-color, no, and instead is a narrow-band image showing sulfur, oxygen, and hydrogen emissions from the cloud and surrounding area. There are however images approximating the true color available (for example, http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970718.html ) that are relatively representative! Some other folks may have more useful links as well. Cheers! Krinberry 06:36, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Protostars
The article states that protostars are only found in the Eagle nebula. This doesn't seem like a reasonable statement, could it be that the author meant to say they have only been observed in this nebula?--Hgebel 19:56, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
- I updated the text per the original wording and asked that author to provide a citation. WilliamKF 20:26, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Yes, that was my past addition, which is not true for now - W5, imaged in 2005 is much larger star formation region. I've added reworded citation. Cmapm 16:03, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] No.
I read that the eagle nebula's pillars were not destroyed by a supernova, it was actually an elementary error by the people who run the Spitzer space telescope. I am going to remove that part, because it is false. TheOtherSiguy 14:28, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
