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NGC6188 and NGC6164

Image taken Clayton Bay, South Australia

Equipment - Takahashi TSA102S, reducer with QSI683WSG - 8

Guiding - Star Shoot Autoguider off axis with Paramount PME mount.

Ha SII OII RGB 60 60 80 30 30 30

Darks, flats and biases applied

Processed in CCD stack and Photoshop CS6

Object - There are two nebulae in this image. NGC6188 is located in the constellation at a distance of 4000 light years is an emission nebula. NGC 6164 has an expanding gas bubble which is visible as a blue shell in this image.