Head of Column No. 1 in Eagle Nebula Wall Art including Frame T-shirts shown here

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the edge of the full field-of-view is about the size of the diameter of the Moon

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The bright bluish star towards the right is one of the three bright stars forming the Belt of Orion

Head of Column No. 1 in Eagle Nebula Wall Art including Frame T-shirts shown hereEnlarged view of the head of the largest of the three main pillars, Column 1. The head is almost transparent around the edges at near infrared wavelengths, but there is still a substantial opaque core which even these near infrared VLT observations cannot penetrate. The complex bluish nebulosity bisected by a dark lane near the tip is being lit up by the bright yellow star just below it, which appears to be very young and rather massive. Several of