Wallpaper author:
Alan Daly
27 May 2023
NGC 6188 Rim Nebula (aka The Fighting Dragons of Ara)
An emission nebula located in the (otherwise) dark large molecular cloud constellation Ara, NGC 6188 is about 4,000 light years away from Earth. The dark shapes with bright edges in the nebula are tens of light-years long.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 6188
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 250 Dec -48.5
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................29 Mar 2020 - 27 May 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 704 | 10h10m | 52 |
| SII | 553 | 7h50m | 51 |
| OIII | 541 | 7h40m | 51 |