Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  IC 4812  ·  NGC 6723  ·  NGC 6726  ·  NGC 6727  ·  NGC 6729
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NGC 6723 & more (4 frames mosaic) - Southern Gems Collection, Fabian Rodriguez Frustaglia
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NGC 6723 & more (4 frames mosaic) - Southern Gems Collection

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NGC 6723 & more (4 frames mosaic) - Southern Gems Collection

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The globular cluster NGC 6723 (upper right) lies 28,400 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius.

Several objects can be found in the bottom half of the image: NGC 6726 (lower part of the bright nebula in the upper middle), NGC 6727 (upper part) and NGC 6729 (middle left) also known as Caldwell 68, is an emission/reflexion nebula, this is one of the closest star-forming regions of the galaxy at 420 light-years from Earth. In addition you can see the Herbig-Haro-Objects HH99 (the small dim red nebula above NGC 6729), HH100 (the "hook") and HH101 (the red nebula below the center). The dark boomerang-shape nebula (bottom left) is Bernes 157, it lies at 520 light-years.

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NGC 6723 & more (4 frames mosaic) - Southern Gems Collection, Fabian Rodriguez Frustaglia