- Designation
- M 16 / IC 4703
- Type
- H II region and star formation
- Constellation
- Serpens
- Distance
- ≈ 5,700 light-years
- Collection
- Icons
M 16 / IC 4703 · Signature
Eagle Nebula
H II region and star formation, in the constellation Serpens · ≈ 5,700 light-years
Your fragment · number of shares
× €4.90
+ €9.80 for the Prestige certificate
6 shares of the fragment€29.40
out of the 94,000 shares this light holds
A finite light: 94,000 shares in all.
Two files, not one: the certificate in high definition for the screen, and an A4 version with print margins, ready to frame.
At the heart of the Eagle stand the Pillars of Creation, perhaps the most famous photograph in the history of astronomy. Within those columns of gas, stars are being born. To give the Eagle is to give a symbol of beginnings: something immense, just getting started.
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In the same vein, with the same certificate and the same ceremony.
