![]() The clusters are obviously much closer to us than the galaxy. NGC 104 at the top and NGC 362 at the left side. SMC is visually accompanied by two globular clusters. Compared to the Milky Way’s size (100’000 light-years in diameter) it’s significantly smaller (7’000 light-years in diameter) and it’s roughly 200’000 light-years far from us. ![]() It has an irregular shape, which resembles a droplet. Small Magellanic Cloud, shorty SMC, is a dwarf galaxy, which is gravitationally bonded to the Milky Way. ZWO 178MM, QHY Mini Guide Scope 30/130 mm TelescopeĪnd here is a photo of the same object, just with a shorter focal length. I submitted several pictures already and finally, I managed. I am happy to announce that this photo won Czech astrophotography of the month. Specifically, I stacked 86 narrow band pictures, each 5 minutes long. I knew that this nebula is dim, so I dedicated a lot of time to it. Their heads are illuminated by the open cluster NGC 6193. Two dragons are clearly visible in the middle. As a fan of Game of Thrones or Hobit, I simply had to capture this beauty. NGC 6188 is sometimes called The Fighting Dragons of Ara.
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