Fighting Dragons of Ara

Image Description and Details :

SHO-image of NGC 6188 - the Fighting Dragons of Ara - an emission nebula located about 4,000 light years away in the constellation Ara. The bright open cluster NGC 6193, visible to the naked eye, is responsible for a region of reflection nebulosity within NGC 6188. At the bottom you can recognize "the egg", a planetary nebula.

Image acquired with the Officina Stellare RH200 telescope and FLI ML16200 camera from Telescope Live in El Sauce Observatory, Chile. Total exposure time 150 minutes; 5 subs of 600s with each filter. Dataset N. Szymanek.

Processing with AstroPixel Processor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel V4.2, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins.

Copyright: Jan Scheers