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NGC 6188 Dragons of Ara 6-Panel Mosaic in Narrowband SHO, Capturing Ancient Photons
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NGC 6188 Dragons of Ara 6-Panel Mosaic in Narrowband SHO

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NGC 6188 Dragons of Ara 6-Panel Mosaic in Narrowband SHO, Capturing Ancient Photons
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NGC 6188 Dragons of Ara 6-Panel Mosaic in Narrowband SHO

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NGC 6188 or more commonly known as the Fighting Dragons of Ara is an emission nebula 4,000 light-years away in the southern constellation Ara and is approximately 600 light-years across. The bright open cluster NGC 6193, visible to the naked eye, is responsible for a region of reflection nebulosity within NGC 6188. A prominent neighbor is NGC 6164/6165 enhanced by the presence of a double ionized oxygen bubble that shows up in teal-ish blue, this is more commonly known as the Dragons Egg. The base palette used was SHO (Hubble) with a bit of artistic license on the final color mix.

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