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Chinese Dragon Nebula NGC 6559 (LRGB), Aarni Vuori
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Chinese Dragon Nebula NGC 6559 (LRGB)

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Chinese Dragon Nebula NGC 6559 (LRGB), Aarni Vuori
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Chinese Dragon Nebula NGC 6559 (LRGB)

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Chinese Dragon Nebula NGC 6559 in the southern sky was a guite nice little catch. This Chinese dragon is a relatively small cool black dust cloud, only 7 light years long, and is located about 5000 light years away from us. As a whole, this red nebula is 50 light years in diameter.

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Title: Chinese Dragon

Description: A little zoom in on the Dragon itself.

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Chinese Dragon Nebula NGC 6559 (LRGB), Aarni Vuori