Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 14, 2004

Picture of the day

The Eagle Nebula (also known as Messier Object 16, M16 or NGC 6611) is a young open cluster of stars in the Serpens Cauda constellation, one of the 88 modern constellations. Other notable deep-sky objects in Serpent: M5, a globular cluster approximately 8° southwest of α Serpentis in Caput, is among the most beautiful in the sky. Part of the Milky Way passes through Serpens Cauda, as illustrated by the shaded regions of the star map. Photo credit: NASA Archive - Nominate new image