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Fighting dragons

Vikas Chander, taken from Deep Sky Chile

NGC 6188 forms a spectacular cosmic scene of light and darkness that fully earns its nickname — the Fighting Dragons of Ara . Also visible in the lower right of this image is the planetary nebula NGC 6164. The image was taken in the Hubble palette with RGB stars and nearly 25 hours of exposure with a 6.3-inch scope.