Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Corona Australis (CrA)  ·  Contains:  HD176269  ·  HD176270  ·  HD176386  ·  IC 4812  ·  NGC 6726  ·  NGC 6727  ·  NGC 6729
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Caldwell 68

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NGC 6729 (also known as Caldwell 68) is a reflection/emission nebula of the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud in the constellation Corona Australis. It was discovered by Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt in 1861.This fan-shaped nebula opens from the star R Coronae Australis toward the star T CrA to the south-east. R CrA is a pre-main-sequence star in the Corona Australis molecular complex, one of the closer star-forming regions of the galaxy at a distance of 130 pc.NGC 6729 is a variable nebula which shows irregular variations in brightness and in shape.

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