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Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Reflections on NGC 6188
Explanation:
NGC 6188 is an interstellar carnival of young blue stars [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], hot red gas [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and cool dark dust [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Located 4,000 light years [ http://chandra.harv…] away in the disk [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of our Galaxy, NGC 6188 [ http://www.robgendl…] is home to the Ara OB1 association [ http://adsbit.harva…], a group of bright young stars whose nucleus forms the open cluster NGC 6193 [ http://adsbit.harva…]. These stars are so bright that some of their blue light reflects off of interstellar dust [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] forming the diffuse blue glow surrounding the stars in the above photograph [ http://www.robgendl…]. Open cluster [ http://en.wikipedia…] NGC 6193 formed about three million years ago from the surrounding gas, and appears unusually rich in close binary stars. The red glow visible throughout the photograph arises from hydrogen [ http://www.chemical…] gas heated by the bright stars in Ara OB1. The dark dust [ http://en.wikipedia…] that blocks much of NGC 6188's light was likely formed in the outer atmospheres of cooler stars [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and in supernovae ejecta [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…].
Credit and Copyright:
Robert Gendler [ http://www.robgendl…] & Martin Pugh [ http://www.martinpu…]
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Ara
facet_what:
New General Catalogue (NGC)
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap060601

Reflections on NGC 6188
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