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Eagle Nebula [′ē·gəl ′neb·yə·lə] (astronomy) A large emission nebula in the constellation Serpens, about 2500 parsecs away. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Sure, I work in my own "office," but it looks out on trees and my desk faces a poster-sized image of Eagle Nebula as seen through the Hubble telescope, which is space enough for me. It resembles "Pillars of Creation," a famous, visible-light image of the Eagle nebula taken by the Hubble space Telescope (SN: 3/16/02, p. Little confessed that he's not very well versed in astronomy - he didn't know, for instance, which galaxy the Eagle Nebula was in - but he was so impressed by a photograph of it that he wanted to draw it. |
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