NGC 6188 Fighting Dragons of Ara
Details
NGC 6188 or Fighting Dragons of Ara Nebula, is one of the most beautiful nebulae of the southern skies, located in the constellation of Ara. The small propeller formed nebula next to it is NGC 6164-5. Other objects in the field are the open cluster NGC 6193. This image is a so called Bi-Color rendition, mixed of narrowband filtered images of Ha and OIII.
Image Details
Telescope Optics
Takahashi FSQ106ED
Mount
Knopf MK100 + Koch FS2
Camera
Moravian G3-16200
Filters
Baader OIII+ Ha
Integration Time
24x600s OIII
30x600s Ha
Date
June 2016 and July 2017
Conditions
Excellent Good Sky Conditions
Remarks
Object Details
Type of Object
Emission Nebula, Open Cluster
Constellation
Ara
Location
Kiripotib Guestfarm Namibia