老鷹星雲 Eagle_Nebula的恆星誕生柱可能被毀了??

[peter]

SEE
http://www.phys.ncku.edu.tw/~astrolab/mirrors/apod/ap120722.html
老鷹星雲與及和它內部的疏散星團 M16距離地球約有7000光年遠。在2007年，史匹哲太望遠鏡在紅外波段再次拍攝這些雲氣柱，也引發猜測認為一顆位在該處的超新星已摧毀了這些雲柱，只是事件的亮閃尚未傳抵地球

WIKI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Nebula
In early 2007, scientists using the Spitzer discovered evidence that potentially indicates that the Pillars were destroyed by a nearby supernova explosion about 6,000 years ago, but the light showing the new shape of the nebula will not reach Earth for another millennium

google 下去

http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/1708-ssc2007-01a-Cosmic-Epic-Unfolds-in-Infrared-The-Eagle-Nebula

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070110-pillars-creation.html

那顆  super Nova 在那?