Wallpaper author:
Beatrice Heinze
11 Jul 2026
NGC 6729 Corona Australis Nebula (LRGB)
NGC 6729 is a stunning nebula that is a combination of both a reflection nebula and an emission nebula.
NGC 6729 is also known as Caldwell 68 and is a nebula of the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud, located about 400 light-years away in the constellation Corona Australis.
I used the following software: Astro Pixel Processor for stacking and PixInsight for processing.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 6729
10 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Reflection Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 285.312 Dec -36.9784
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................07 Jul 2023 - 24 Aug 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 328 | 3h55m | 43 |
| Red | 314 | 3h45m | 43 |
| Green | 286 | 3h25m | 43 |
| Blue | 271 | 3h10m | 42 |