NGC 6188
| Emission nebula | |
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| NGC 6188
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| NGC 6188 and the associated star cluster NGC 6193, imaged with the 0.6 m Curtis Schmidt telescope of the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory using line filters for SII (red), Hα (green) and OIII (blue) . | |
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| Constellation | altar |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 40 m 05 s |
| declination | -48 ° 39 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance
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| Angular expansion | 20 '/ 12' |
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| Physical data
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| distance | 4,000 ly |
| diameter | 600 ly |
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history
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| discovery | John Herschel |
| Date of discovery | April 15, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6188 • ESO 226-EN019 • GC 4223 • h 3640 • | |
NGC 6188 is the name of an emission nebula and reflection nebula in the constellation Altar . NGC 6188 has an angular extent of 20.0 '× 12.0'.
The object was discovered on April 15, 1836 by John Herschel .
Web links
- ESO: A great composition of new stars (+ photos, map & animation) March 11, 2015
- The design of NGC 6188 - Astronomy Picture of the Day dated May 2, 2008.
- Getting NGC 6188 into Shape - Astronomy Picture of the Day of July 16, 2010.
- Spektrum.de : amateur recordings [1] [2] , labeled environment record