Cosmic dust
Cosmic dust
Image Details:
Takahashi FS60c
QHY168c
QHY5L-ii
Pegasus Astro SMFC
Feather touch FTF2015BCR-RP
HEQ5
116 · 150s -10ºC, Gain 12
Location: Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brazil
FAST · PSCS5 · Pixinsight
July 2018
Cosmic dust clouds are draped across a rich field of stars in this broad telescopic panorama near the northern boundary of Corona Australis, the Southern Crown. Less than 500 light-years away the denser clouds effectively block light from more distant background stars in the Milky Way. The entire vista spans about 5 degrees or nearly 45 light-years. Toward the right lies a group of bluish reflection nebulae cataloged as NGC 6726, 6727, 6729 and IC 4812. The dust also obscures from view stars in the region still in the process of formation. Smaller yellowish nebula NGC 6729 surrounds young variable star R Coronae Australis.
Copyright:: Roberto Colombari
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