Wallpaper author:
Roy Gravel
08 Dec 2020
NGC 6164
NGC6164/5 is a bipolar emission nebula with a massive O-type magnetic central star, HD148937, and a more distant faint halo, making it reminiscent of a planetary nebula. It is 4,200 light-years away in the southern constellation Norma.
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NGC 6164
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