How many stars are there inside the eagle nebula?
The Eagle Nebula is a diffuse dust Nebula with no stars, Object IC4703. But associated with it, there is an open stars cluster, object M16 or NGC6611, containing around 400-500 stars. From the average spectral group “O” it can be deducted that they are young stars burning hydrogen. For more information surf for: M16, NGC6611 or IC4703, taking into account that the last number is related to the Nebula and the first two numbers to the Cluster.