NGC 6188 Widefield (Jeff Reitzel)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Ara (Ara) · Contains: NGC 6134 · NGC 6164 · NGC 6165 · NGC 6167 · NGC 6188 · NGC 6193 · NGC 6200 · NGC 6204 · PGC 101328 · PGC 2801237 · PGC 3085724 · PK334-01.1 · PK335-01.1 · PK335-03.2 · PK336-01.1 · PK336-02.1 · Rim Nebula · The star ε Nor · eps Nor

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NGC 6188 Widefield

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NGC 6188 Widefield

NGC 6188 is a large emission nebula in the Southern constellation Ara. Massive young stars blast the surrounding dust and gas into the beautiful shapes we see. The central section of this is known as The Fighting Dragons of Ara. Included in this image are NGC 6164 and NGC 6165. These are the figure "8" nebula and it's outer shell to the lower right of center. This is the result of multiple mass ejections from the very rare type O6.5f star HD 148937. Only five stars of this type are known to exist.
This image is from data acquired through Telescope Live over the past couple years from the Heaven's Mirror Observatory in Australia. This is 12.5 hrs NB integration using a Takahashi FSQ-106ED scope and FLI PL16803 camera. Processing is by me in a mostly SHO palette.

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Astrometry.net job	8947292
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	16h39m45s.43
RA (top/left)	16h54m28s.90
RA (top/right)	16h53m47s.91
RA (bottom/right)	16h26m24s.31
RA (bottom/left)	16h24m22s.82

Dec (center)	-48°37′01″.5
Dec (top/left)	-50°58′57″.0
Dec (top/right)	-46°14′57″.6
Dec (bottom/right)	-46°08′23″.1
Dec (bottom/left)	-50°51′58″.9

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