NGC 6188 - The Rim Nebula - aka 'The Fighting Dragons of Ara'
NGC 6188 - The Rim Nebula - aka 'The Fighting Dragons of Ara'
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-6 at Telescope Live
Image captured using CHI-6 at Telescope Live
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
CHI-6 Officina Stellare RH200
Camera
CHI-6 FLI ML16200
Location
Chile -70.76300° E -30.47253° N
Date of observation
14th April 2021
Filters
SHO
Processing
Pixinsight and Photoshop
Credits
P Yates
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