Dates:June 19, 2020
Frames:
Astronomik Blue: 53x300" -20C bin 1x1
Astronomik Green: 50x300" -20C bin 1x1
Astronomik Red: 45x300" -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 12.3 hours
Darks: ~50
Flats: ~50
Bias: ~100
Avg. Moon age: 27.80 days
Avg. Moon phase: 3.33%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 3.00
Astrometry.net job: 3810879
RA center: 19h 1' 7"
DEC center: -36° 58' 10"
Pixel scale: 1.647 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: -87.199 degrees
Field radius: 0.925 degrees
Resolution: 3240x2422
Locations: Glanmire Home Observatory, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
Data source: Backyard
A wonderfully complex star forming region located in the constellation of Corona Australis (the 'Southern Crown') approximately 500 light years distant. There is a lot going in in this image with a prominent globular cluster (NGC6723), blue reflection nebulae, red/pink emission nebulae, Herbig-Haro objects, dark clouds of red/brown dust and a nice variation of star colours from red (cool) stars to blue/white (very hot) stars. There are two Herbig-Haro objects in the centre of the image, one is the small red semi circular shaped object and the other is the small area of red nebulosity just above it. Scrolling around the image also reveals a number of background galaxies.
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