Cool Stars 14 - Submitted Abstract # 118 This version created on 05 October 2006 The Eagle Nebula: Pillars of Creation, EGGs, and PMS stars in NGC 6611 Jeffrey Linsky, JILA, University of Colorado Marc Gagne, West Chester University Anna Mytyk, West Chester University Mark McCaughren, University of Exeter Morten Andersen, University of Arizona We report on our 78 ks Chandra ACIS-I observation of the Eagle Nebula (M16) and the young cluster NGC 6611. We detected a total of 1101 X-ray sources, most of which are PMS stars in the cluster. Near the tip of one of the "Pillars of Creation", we detected a luminous X-ray source M16ES-1 which we believe is an O star like Theta1 Orionis C heated by magnetically channeled wind shocks. We obtained upper limits on the X-ray flux from the EGGs (evaporating gaseous globules), which are thought to be dense formations at the edges of the pillars that are being photoevaporated by the harsh UV radiation from O stars. EGGs could be the very earliest stage of star formation. The nondetection of X-rays from the EGGs with embedded infrared point sources indicates that either the EGGs do not yet contain protostars or that at the very early stage of stellar formation the protostars have not yet become X-ray active. We will also report on the X-ray properties, including ages and disk properties, of the YSOs in NGC 6611 and compare their properties to the YSOs in the Orion Nebula Cluster. This work is supported by NASA through grant H-04630D to the University of Colorado. ----------------------------------