NGC 6729 Corona Australis in HaLRGB
Image Description and Details : NGC 6729 is a reflection/emission nebula (star-forming region) located some 424 light-years away in the constellation of Corona Australis (The Southern Crown). It is part of one of the closest stellar nurseries to Earth. The Corona Australis Molecular Cloud is a dusty dark molecular cloud just north of one of its two brighter stars Beta Coronae Australis. Within it are stars at the earliest stages of their lifespan. 7 x 10min Ha and 85 x 5min RGB subs @-10C were taken over 5 nights for a total integration time of about 8.3 hrs. Equipment used: Skywatcher 10" f4 Newtonian 250P Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro Hypertuned by Astronomy Academy Perth ZWO ASI2600MM Pro Cooled Camera Primaluce Sesto Senso2 Electronic Focuser William Optics Uniguide 50/200mm guidescope ZWO ASI290MM Mini Guide Camera ZWO Electronic Filter Wheel Antlia Pro 36mm unmounted filters Rollon rolloff modified shed observatory Bortle 5 Data acquisition software: NINA Astronomy Software Processing software: PixInsight and Photoshop CC
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