Wallpaper author:
Michelle Ashford
29 Oct 2021
NGC 6723
NGC 6723 Is a globular cluster in the constellation of Sagittarius around 30,000 ly from Earth. In the foreground is the lovely blue reflection nebula (NGC 6726) and the boomerang-shaped dark cloud (Be 157) in Corona Australis at 400-500 ly distance.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 6723
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Globular Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 284.8881 Dec -36.6322
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................13 Mar 2021 - 04 Oct 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 322 | 2h25m | 27 |
| Red | 300 | 2h15m | 27 |
| Green | 277 | 2h | 26 |
| Blue | 300 | 2h10m | 26 |