Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Corona Australis (CrA)  ·  Contains:  IC 4812  ·  NGC 6726  ·  NGC 6727  ·  NGC 6729
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
NGC 6726, 6727, 6729, IC 4812, Be 157  (many Herbig-Haro Objects), Alex Woronow
Powered byPixInsight

NGC 6726, 6727, 6729, IC 4812, Be 157 (many Herbig-Haro Objects)

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
NGC 6726, 6727, 6729, IC 4812, Be 157  (many Herbig-Haro Objects), Alex Woronow
Powered byPixInsight

NGC 6726, 6727, 6729, IC 4812, Be 157 (many Herbig-Haro Objects)

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

NGC 6726, 6727, 6729, IC 4812, Be 157 (many Herbig-Haro Objects)

OTA: RCOS (12.5” f/8)

Camera: SBIG STXL11002

Observatory: Heaven’s Mirror, Au

EXPOSURES:

Red: 10 x 1200 sec

Blue: 10 x 1200

Green: 13 x 1200

Lum: 20 x 1200

Total exposure ~17.7 hours

Image Width: ~1/2 deg

Processed by Alex Woronow (2019) PixInsight, StarNet, Topaz, SWT

The bright, reflection nebulae, along with the dark molecular cloud Be 157, lie at about 400 light-years from us in the southern constellation of Corona Australis. This is a very active star-birth region displaying numerous Herbig-Haro objects and young stars.

Comments

Revisions

  • NGC 6726, 6727, 6729, IC 4812, Be 157  (many Herbig-Haro Objects), Alex Woronow
    Original
  • Final
    NGC 6726, 6727, 6729, IC 4812, Be 157  (many Herbig-Haro Objects), Alex Woronow
    B

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

NGC 6726, 6727, 6729, IC 4812, Be 157  (many Herbig-Haro Objects), Alex Woronow