Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Ara (Ara)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6188  ·  Rim Nebula
NGC 6188 - The Rim Nebula - aka 'The Fighting Dragons of Ara', Phil Yates
NGC 6188 - The Rim Nebula - aka 'The Fighting Dragons of Ara'
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NGC 6188 - The Rim Nebula - aka 'The Fighting Dragons of Ara'

NGC 6188 - The Rim Nebula - aka 'The Fighting Dragons of Ara', Phil Yates
NGC 6188 - The Rim Nebula - aka 'The Fighting Dragons of Ara'
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NGC 6188 - The Rim Nebula - aka 'The Fighting Dragons of Ara'

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Dark shapes with bright edges winging their way through dusty NGC 6188 are tens of light-years long. The emission nebula is found near the edge of an otherwise dark large molecular cloud in the southern constellation Ara, about 4,000 light-years away.

Image captured using CHI-1at Telescope Live which provides a much more close up image to the CHI-6

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NGC 6188 - The Rim Nebula - aka 'The Fighting Dragons of Ara', Phil Yates