NGC 6188 is a dazzling emission nebula located in the southern constellation of Ara, about 4,000 light-years away from Earth. This celestial object is a site of active star formation, boasting a cluster of hot, massive stars that illuminate the surrounding gas and dust with their intense radiation.

Image Description and Details : “Torches blazed and sacred chants were praised. As they start to cry, hands held to the sky. In the night, the fires are burning bright.” - Number of the Beast, Iron Maiden 06 May 2022: The Fighting Dragons of Ara, NGC 6188 COOLEST NEBULA NAME EVER!! I didn’t even know this existed until too late in the season last year so when it came around recently I HAD to get this one. Can you see the Dragons? Yeah, you can! Wicked! Taken from my backyard in Perth, Western Australia over two night in May 2022. Skywatcher Evostar 80ED HEQ5, belt mod ZWO ASI2600MM (gain 100, -10C) SVbony 30mm guide scope ZWO ASI120MM-mini guide scope FILTERS: ZWO Ha 7nm (51x 300s) Antlia Oiii 3nm (45x 300s) Baader RGB (50x 30s)

Copyright: Christopher Boyd

Image Description and Details :

The NGC 6188 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 from us. Born in that region only a few million years ago, the massive young stars sculpt the fantastic shapes and power the nebular glow with stellar winds and intense ultraviolet radiation. The recent star formation itself was likely triggered by winds and supernova explosions, from previous generations of massive stars, that swept up and compressed the molecular gas. The field of view spans about four full Moons, corresponding to about 150 light years at the estimated distance of NGC 6188.

Telescope : Astro Physics 12″ Riccardi-Honders f3.8
Camera : ZWO ASI6200
Mount: Software Bisque Paramount ME II
Pixel scale : 1.07 arcsec/pixel
FOV : 88 x 66 arcmins
Filters :SHO & RGB for stars
2 panel mosaic
Integration: 21hrs each panel total 42 hrs
Sii 14x30m Ha 14x30m Oiii 14x30m
R 3x10m G 3x10m B 3x10m

Copyright: vikas chander

NGC6188

I went deep on this one from my terrace here in Belo Horizonte collecting around 51.1 hours of data during the last 7 years:

SBIG8300 + FS60c:

Ha: 41·900s
L: 58·420s
RGB: (21, 21, 21)·420s

QHY168c + FS60c:

500·90s LPS-IDAS P2
278·180s L-Enhance

Acquisition: FAST
Processing: Pixinsight / PSCS5

Copyright: Roberto Colombari