Wallpaper author:
Paul Waddington
25 Jun 2026
NGC 6723 and neighbors
NGC 6723 is a 6th magnitude globular cluster at the border of the Sagittarius constellation about 28000 light years away. In this beautiful dataset, and perhaps more prominent in the picture, there are also nearby NGC 6726 and NGC 6729 reflection nebulae of the Corona Australis constellation.
Image stacked in Siril, processed in PixInsight (GraXpert, SPCC, BXT, NXT, MAS), and final processing in Affinity Photo 2
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 6723
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Globular Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 285.30417 Dec -36.94083
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................13 Apr 2021 - 13 Apr 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red | 300 | 25m | 5 |
| Green | 300 | 25m | 5 |
| Blue | 375 | 25m | 4 |
| Luminance | 225 | 15m | 4 |