NGC 6726/29 Corona Australis
Details
Corona Australis is a ring shaped constellation of the southern sky. NGC 6726 and NGC 6729 are reflection nebula around stars, that are part of this constellation. Those nebulae are formed due to scattered light of those young blue stars on clouds of interstellar dust (MBM 152 in this case). Other objects in the field are: R Cra, HH101S and HH100S and the globular cluster NGC 6723.
Image Details
Telescope Optics
Takahashi FSQ106ED
Mount
Knopf MK100 + Koch FS2
Camera
Moravian G3-16200
Filters
Baader LRGB
Integration Time
29x600s Lum, 10x600s R, 12x600s G, 11x600s B
Date
August 2019
Conditions
Excellent Sky Conditions
Remarks
The image was published in german astronomy magazin „Sterne und Weltraum“
Object Details
Type of Object
Dark Nebula, reflection Nebula
Constellation
Corona Australis
Location
Kiripotib Guestfarm Namibia