NGC6188 - Fighting Dragons of Ara (Ben)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Ara (Ara) · Contains: NGC 6164 · NGC 6165 · NGC 6188 · NGC 6193 · PK336-01.1 · PK336-02.1 · Rim Nebula

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NGC6188 - Fighting Dragons of Ara

Revision title: Fighting Dragons of Ara - Stars Redux

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NGC6188 - Fighting Dragons of Ara

Revision title: Fighting Dragons of Ara - Stars Redux

Images taken back in April 2021, and recently re-processed (but not recalibrated) with a modified workflow to make use of the BlurX, NoiseX and StarX plugins for this "stars redux" and starless versions.
I really like the "phoenix" on the bottom left, "happy little accident" in terms of framing as I wasn't expecting something this gorgeous there. :-)
And rather blown away by how effective BlurX is at tidying up the messed up stars from poor autoguiding set up, and the details captured in the Egg.

Stack of 29 subs, each 300" at F5.6 and 2000ISO.
Processed on PixInsight 1.8 and DxO PhotoLab 2.

Nikon D810A + Nikon 600mm F4 on modeed NEQ6 with ASI120MM Mini autoguiding

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Title: Fighting Dragons of Ara - Stars Redux

Description: Revisited this image with a more "proper" post-calibration workflow to make use of BlurX, NoiseX and StarX.
I did not go as far as redoing calibration ... O:)

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Title: Fighting Dragons of Ara - Starless

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Title: Fighting ... Phoenix? ... of Ara - Starless

Description: For fun, tight crop of part of the nebulosities where my twisted brains picture a flaming phoenix with wings deployed, a bit like this: https://c4.wallpaperflare.com/wallpaper/109/520/844/sky-fire-flame-fantasy-art-wallpaper-preview.jpg

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Astrometry.net job	7636901
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RA (center)	16h38m50s.98
RA (top/left)	16h28m25s.89
RA (top/right)	16h40m54s.82
RA (bottom/right)	16h49m25s.44
RA (bottom/left)	16h36m54s.75

Dec (center)	-48°30′39″.0
Dec (top/left)	-48°08′30″.5
Dec (top/right)	-50°15′04″.2
Dec (bottom/right)	-48°49′13″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	-46°46′01″.7

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