Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Norma (Nor)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6164  ·  NGC 6165
The Dragon's Egg - ​​​​​​​NGC 6164, AstroCatNZ
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The Dragon's Egg - ​​​​​​​NGC 6164

The Dragon's Egg - ​​​​​​​NGC 6164, AstroCatNZ
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The Dragon's Egg - ​​​​​​​NGC 6164

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Have been meaning to complete this for a few months now but too many work commitments unfortunately!

Pleased with the amount of O3 I managed to capture this time.

"The star at the center created everything. Known as the Dragon's Egg, this star -- a rare, hot, luminous O-type star some 40 times as massive as the Sun -- created not only the complex nebula (NGC 6164) that immediately surrounds it, but also the encompassing blue halo. Its name is derived, in part, from the region's proximity to the picturesque NGC 6188, known as the fighting Dragons of Ara. In another three to four million years the massive star will likely end its life in a supernova explosion" (NASA).

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