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The Dragon's Egg, Bogdan Borz
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The Dragon's Egg

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The Dragon's Egg

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NGC 6165 and NGC 6164 are the two lobes of this emission nebula situated in the southern hemisphere Norma constellation, around a type O star. It is an ejecta, not a planetary nebula according the Simbad database. It is represented in the Hubble palette. Its name derives from being situated next to the Fighting Dragons of Ara. 

This is a process of Telescope Live data bundle, acquired with the 24" CDK situated at the El Sauce Observatory in Chile.

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