Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Ara (Ara)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6167  ·  NGC 6188  ·  NGC 6193  ·  NGC 6200  ·  Rim Nebula
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The Fighting Dragons of Ara (NGC 6188), Peter Dunsby
The Fighting Dragons of Ara (NGC 6188)
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The Fighting Dragons of Ara (NGC 6188)

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The Fighting Dragons of Ara (NGC 6188), Peter Dunsby
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The Fighting Dragons of Ara (NGC 6188)

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This is one of my absolute favourite targets. So much going on in this image - beautiful emission nebulosity (very strong in Ha and OIII) and delicate wispy dust lanes, sculpted by massive, recently formed young stars. It’s also creates the visual illusion of two dragons fighting over an egg (the bipolar emission nebula in the bottom part of the image). 

This image of NGC 6188 was captured with be Teleskop Service 94EDPH APO refractor, together with the ASI2600MM camera and Baader Ha and OIII narrowband filters. 180 X 5 min Ha & 180 X 5 min OIII - 30 hours integration time. Processing with Pixinsight.

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The Fighting Dragons of Ara (NGC 6188), Peter Dunsby