NGC 6188 - The Rim Nebula - aka 'The Fighting Dragons of Ara'

NGC 6188 - The Rim Nebula - aka 'The Fighting Dragons of Ara' Jan 20, 2022 593 views3000×300015.2 MB
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Phil Yates

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Ara

16h 39m 59s · -48° 29′ 56″

0.36°

0.62″/px

268.86°N

Objects

Rim Nebula NGC 6188

Description

Dark shapes with bright edges winging their way through dusty NGC 6188 are tens of light-years long. The emission nebula is found near the edge of an otherwise dark large molecular cloud in the southern constellation Ara, about 4,000 light-years away.

Image captured using CHI-1at Telescope Live which provides a much more close up image to the CHI-6

Comments

Anthony Fuller Jan 20, 2022

Phil, you really produce professional astrophotography images!! BEAUTIFUL!!

NGC 6188 - The Rim Nebula - aka 'The Fighting Dragons of Ara' Jan 20, 2022 593 views3000×300015.2 MB Top Pick

NGC 6188 - The Rim Nebula - aka 'The Fighting Dragons of Ara' Jan 20, 2022 593 views3000×300015.2 MB
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