Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Alfecca Meridiana  ·  Alfecca Meridiana (α CrA)  ·  Corona Australis  ·  IC 4812  ·  NGC 6723  ·  NGC 6726  ·  NGC 6727  ·  NGC 6729  ·  Part of the constellation Corona Austrina (CrA)  ·  Sagittarius  ·  The star Meridiana  ·  The star γ CrA  ·  The star ε CrA  ·  The star λ CrA  ·  alf CrA  ·  eps CrA  ·  gam CrA  ·  lam CrA
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Wide angle view to the surroundings of NGC 6727, 6726 and 6723 in RGB, Alexandr Zaytsev
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Wide angle view to the surroundings of NGC 6727, 6726 and 6723 in RGB

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Wide angle view to the surroundings of NGC 6727, 6726 and 6723 in RGB, Alexandr Zaytsev
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Wide angle view to the surroundings of NGC 6727, 6726 and 6723 in RGB

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135min integral RGB exposure of the area containing NGC 6726 / 6727 nebula complex, NGC 6729 reflection/emission nebula and 6723 globular cluster - captured remotely using Telescope #4 (Nikkor 200mm f/2, FLI Microline 16200) system of ChileScope observatory, also known as VST - a Very Small Telescope)), over 2 imaging sessions carried out on Oct 16 & 17, 2022.


The passage of comet 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann 3 through this area was also captured later using Chilescope T3 and T5 instruments [1]:

[1] https://www.astrobin.com/d3evx6/

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Title: Separately processed subframe for the area containing NGC 6727, 6726 and 6723 for better contrast on the nebulae

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Wide angle view to the surroundings of NGC 6727, 6726 and 6723 in RGB, Alexandr Zaytsev