Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6723  ·  NGC 6726  ·  NGC 6729
NGC 6723, 6726, 6727 & 6729, 



    
        

            Jay Fox
NGC 6723, 6726, 6727 & 6729
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NGC 6723, 6726, 6727 & 6729

NGC 6723, 6726, 6727 & 6729, 



    
        

            Jay Fox
NGC 6723, 6726, 6727 & 6729
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NGC 6723, 6726, 6727 & 6729

Acquisition details

Dates:
Aug. 3, 2019
Frames:
ZWO B 1.25": 20×90(30′) (gain: 139.00) -15°C bin 1×1
ZWO G 1.25": 20×90(30′) (gain: 139.00) -15°C bin 1×1
ZWO R 1.25": 20×90(30′) (gain: 139.00) -15°C bin 1×1
Integration:
1h 30′
Darks:
50
Avg. Moon age:
2.75 days
Avg. Moon phase:
8.34%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
2.00
Temperature:
-3.00

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 2854154

RA center: 19h00m34s.6

DEC center: -36°4752

Pixel scale: 0.652 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 285.431 degrees

Field radius: 0.489 degrees

Resolution: 4278x3304

File size: 15.0 MB

Data source: Traveller

Description

As a kid I loved looking at this combination of nebula & globular cluster right on the border between Corona Australis & Sagittarius. On my dark sky weekend it was almost directly overhead and so became the first deep-sky target with my new astrophotography setup.

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NGC 6723, 6726, 6727 & 6729, 



    
        

            Jay Fox