NGC 6726, NGC 6723

Constellation: Corona Australis

This image depicts a region in the constellations of Corona Australis, that are rich in celestial objects. In contains the globular cluster NGC 6723 (a.k.a the Chandelier cluster) as well as the reflection nebulas NGC 6726, NGC 6727, NGC 6729 and IC 4812. NGC 6723 is located about 28’400 Ly from Earth. Link to interactive sky chart.

The region contains a molecular cloud with many Herbig-Haro objects and young stars. It is one of the closest star-forming regions to Earth (430 Ly).

This region also contains very young stars and several Herbig-Haro objects as depicted in the annotated image below.

Telescope & Mount:

SharpStar 140mm (F4.8) on a Software Bisque Paramount ME II mount.

Imaging:

Camera: SBIG STXL16200, FW8G

Data:
Antlia Ha: 33x600s
Antlia L: 41x300s
Antlia R: 56x300s
Antlia G: 50x300s
Antlia B: 58x300s

Total integration time: 22h 35′

Herbig-Haro objects near NGC 6726.

Other Herbig-Haro objects in the molecular cloud region.

A closer view of the core region and its Herbig-Haro objects:

Telescope & mount: Planewave CDK24 (F6.5) on a Planewave L600 mount.

Camera: Moravian G3-61000 (bin 2×2)

Data:

Astrodon R: 10x600s
Astrodon G: 9x600s
Astrodon B: 11x600s
Astrodon Ha: 15x900s

Total integration time: 8h 45′

Data captured by Martin Pugh in Chile. Remote Astrophotography with Martin Pugh (martinpughastrophotography.space)

With this powerful telescope everal additional Herbig-Haro objects can be seen near NGC 6726 . The stars circled in red are Herbig Ae/Be Stars, which are pre-main sequence stars of spectral lass A or B. They are less than 10 million years old and are still embedded in the gas and dust cloud from whoich they are formed.