Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Ara (Ara)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6188  ·  NGC 6193
NGC 6188 & NGC 6164, Gary Plummer
NGC 6188 & NGC 6164
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NGC 6188 & NGC 6164

NGC 6188 & NGC 6164, Gary Plummer
NGC 6188 & NGC 6164
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NGC 6188 & NGC 6164

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NGC6188 an emission nebula in the constellation Ara around 4,000 light years from us and the lovely if smaller emission nebula NGC6164, slightly more than 4,000 light years away in the constellation Norma. It was created by a rare, hot, luminous type O-type star, some 40 times as massive as the Sun.

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