Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Ara (Ara)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6167  ·  NGC 6188  ·  NGC 6193  ·  NGC 6200  ·  NGC 6204  ·  Rim Nebula
NGC 6188 - The Dragons of Ara, Daniel Faull
NGC 6188 - The Dragons of Ara
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NGC 6188 - The Dragons of Ara

NGC 6188 - The Dragons of Ara, Daniel Faull
NGC 6188 - The Dragons of Ara
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NGC 6188 - The Dragons of Ara

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The Dragons of Ara in Narrowband - mapped to the Hubble palette.

Combinations of emission and dark nebulas give this region it's iconic name. A region of starbirth populated by young stars (around a few million years old) have sculpted the surrounding cloud with stellar winds and radiation.

Also captured is NGC 6164/6165. The central star of this region, HD 148937, is an unstable O6.5f type (one of only five known), creates mass ejections responsible for the blue gases expanding like a shockwave.

Captured over three nights in Bortle 6 skies in Perth, Western Australia.

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NGC 6188 - The Dragons of Ara, Daniel Faull