NGC6188 in Ara

Updated : 02 December 2004.

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n6188_60-30-30-30avflatLRGB_DDP_IP_align_PS2red.jpg (1310 kB)
  • CCD : STL11000M ABG 1x1 binning
  • Exposure time : 60:30:30:30 min LRGB (10 min individual exposures)
  • Date and Time : 14. and 21.08.2004
  • Instrument : Takahashi FSQ 106 f/5
  • Focal length : 530 mm
  • FWHM :
  • Filters : Astronomik LRGB filters
  • Image processing : average combine, darks, flat
  • Problems/comments : Further processing in Imageplus (RGB combine, DDP) and Photoshop (LRGB combine, levels and curves). Below you can find a nearly full resolution view of the S-shaped nebula NGC6164-65. The central star is a Wolf-Rayet star. Wolf-Rayet stars are hot (25-50,000+ degrees K), massive stars (20+ solar mass) with a high rate of mass loss. The central star is actully a triplett system.

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