Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Ara (Ara)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6188  ·  NGC 6193
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RCW108_NGC6188 In Ha, Rodney Watters
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RCW108_NGC6188 In Ha

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RCW108_NGC6188 In Ha

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RCW 108 is also included in the NGC catalogue (NGC 6188) and the Gum catalogue (Gum 53) and is located in the constellation of Ara 3,767 light years away. It is a large molecular cloud that it being bombarded by radiation from the open cluster in the foreground - NGC 6193.

The data for this image was taken using an Astronomik 6nm Ha filter and is composed from 25 images of 20 minutes each. Processing completed in Pixinsight.

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Description: New version has been cropped and rotated 180 degrees to show the great wall of Ara in all its splendour. Feel free to go hunting for the dragons moving across the image and the little monster man in the centre.

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RCW108_NGC6188 In Ha, Rodney Watters