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    Pillars of Creation

    What are the estimable dimentions of the Pillars, please?

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    well we don't really know except it has a magnitude of 8.24

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oak Summit View Post
    What are the estimable dimentions of the Pillars, please?
    Dimensions when? What they were when the light we see left them, or what they might be now?

    Better choose the former. I think I heard that they may no longer exist. BA Blog

    Then? PBS Nova: Eagle Nebula:

    This is a large area: from top to bottom, the pillar at left extends about four light-years[...]

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