Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Corona Australis (CrA)  ·  Contains:  IC 4812  ·  NGC 6723  ·  NGC 6726  ·  NGC 6727  ·  NGC 6729  ·  Part of the constellation Corona Austrina (CrA)  ·  The star αCrA  ·  The star βCrA  ·  The star γCrA  ·  The star εCrA
Corona Australis, Warren A. Keller
Corona Australis
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Corona Australis is one of Ptolemy's original 48 constellations, and only accessible to me via New South Wales astro-imager friend Brett Soames who acquired our data 'down under'. Swaths of cosmic dust sprawl across a rich Milky Way star field near the crown's northern border. Right of center is the focal point- a gorgeous grouping of blue reflection nebulae- NGC 6726, 6727, 6729, and IC 4812. Magnificent globular star cluster NGC 6723 is at 3 o'clock. Though it appears to be part of the group, its ancient stars lie nearly 30,000 light-years away, as compared with the nebulosity, which is less than 500 light-years from Earth. Here is a high-resolution close-up of the reflection nebulae at right.

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Corona Australis, Warren A. Keller