中文翻譯:
在遙遠的星際空間，鷹星雲裡正在形成新的恆星。這些恆星正在厚厚的氣體和塵埃柱中縮小。新形成的明亮恆星發出的強烈輻射使周圍的物質冒煙，像是一場宇宙的炫麗秀。這幅圖像是由哈伯太空望遠鏡用近紅外光拍攝的，讓我們可以透過厚厚的塵埃，看到這些柱子裡面的景象。這些巨大的結構長度以光年計算，非正式地被稱為「創造之柱」。鷹星雲與開放星團M16有關，距離地球約六千五百光年。鷹星雲是一個迷人的觀測目標，適合小型望遠鏡，位於星空中一個充滿星雲的地區，朝向蛇尾座（Serpens Cauda）這個星座。
原文:
Newborn stars are forming in the Eagle Nebula. They are gravitationally contracting in pillars of dense gas and dust. The intense radiation of these newly-formed bright stars is causing surrounding material to boil away. This image, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope in near infrared light, allows the viewer to see through much of the thick dust that makes the pillars opaque in visible light. The giant structures are light years in length and dubbed informally the Pillars of Creation. Associated with the open star cluster M16, the Eagle Nebula lies about 6,500 light years away. The Eagle Nebula is a satisfying target for small telescopes in a nebula-rich part of the sky toward the split constellation Serpens Cauda (the tail of the snake). Sky Surprise: What picture did APOD feature on your birthday? (after 1995)
來源:NASA每日圖片