X-Rays from Young Stars and Eggs in the Eagle Nebula (M16)
Abstract
The Chandra X-ray Observatory observed the Eagle Nebula (M16) a young star forming region containing the dark columns of dust and cold molecular gas known as the ""Pillars of Creation"" or ""elephant trunks"". We identify more than 1000 X-ray sources coincident with K-band stars that are premain sequence stars ranging in spectral type from O to M. A handful of the hard X-ray sources in the pillars are spatially coincident with deeply embedded young stellar objects seen in JHK images. However none of the X-ray sources are associated with the evaporating gaseous globules (EGGs) first observed by Hester et al. (1996).
- Publication:
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IAU Symposium
- Pub Date:
- 2003
- Bibcode:
- 2003IAUS..221P.207L