Mark James Ford
~ Vita Caelestis ~
NGC 6188 / NGC 6193 / NGC 6164 / NGC 6165
In the heart of the southern skies, nestled within the constellation Ara, approximately 4000 light-year from Earth, lies a celestial story of life and death played out in the glowing embrace of the nebulae NGC 6188 and NGC 6164, illuminated by the brilliant stars of the open cluster NGC 6193. NGC 6188 stretches as a veil of stardust, where newborn stars emerge from towering pillars of dark gas, sculpted by the intense winds of their luminous companions in NGC 6193, into figures commonly known as the “Fighting Dragons”. Together the “Dragons” overlook the symmetrical lobes of the “Dragon’s Eye“, NGC 6164 and NGC 6165, which surround the massive O-Type star HD 148937. This star, in an advanced stage of its life has ejected material, that it now illuminates, with a further delicate outer viel of Oxygen (blue) being clearly visible. Together the region shows many aspects of the Vita Cealestis.
The second (and final) data set that was collected by myself using a rented remote system in Australia (Martin Pugh)
Takahashi FSQ106 EDX fitted with a 645RD F3.6 reducer
Player One Poseidon-m Pro Camera
10 Micron GM1000HPS
The image is a 3 panel mosaic with a total acquisition time of 62 hrs
~ Vita Caelestis ~
NGC 6188 / NGC 6193 / NGC 6164 / NGC 6165
In the heart of the southern skies, nestled within the constellation Ara, approximately 4000 light-year from Earth, lies a celestial story of life and death played out in the glowing embrace of the nebulae NGC 6188 and NGC 6164, illuminated by the brilliant stars of the open cluster NGC 6193. NGC 6188 stretches as a veil of stardust, where newborn stars emerge from towering pillars of dark gas, sculpted by the intense winds of their luminous companions in NGC 6193, into figures commonly known as the “Fighting Dragons”. Together the “Dragons” overlook the symmetrical lobes of the “Dragon’s Eye“, NGC 6164 and NGC 6165, which surround the massive O-Type star HD 148937. This star, in an advanced stage of its life has ejected material, that it now illuminates, with a further delicate outer viel of Oxygen (blue) being clearly visible. Together the region shows many aspects of the Vita Cealestis.
The second (and final) data set that was collected by myself using a rented remote system in Australia (Martin Pugh)
Takahashi FSQ106 EDX fitted with a 645RD F3.6 reducer
Player One Poseidon-m Pro Camera
10 Micron GM1000HPS
The image is a 3 panel mosaic with a total acquisition time of 62 hrs