NGC 6729, Brilliant Reflection and Emission Nebula

This is an image I processed using original LRGB data from Telescope Live.

Caldwell 68, also known as NGC 6729, is a beautiful reflection/emission nebula located roughly 400 light-years away in the constellation Corona Australis, making it one of the closest star-forming regions to Earth. It is a small part of the larger Corona Australis Molecular Cloud. It also appears near other, larger nebulae known as NGC 6726, NGC 6727, and IC 4812.

Processed with Pleiades PixInsight and Photoshop CC

Telescope Live Information:

Observatory name: El Sauce Observatory

Location: Río Hurtado, Coquimbo Region, Chile

Coordinates: 30.472529° S, 70.762999° W (Google maps)

Elevation: 1525 m

Average seeing: 1.3'' - 1.8''

Date of capture: July 6 - August 23, 2023

Field of View: 21x31 arcmin

Total exposure time: 14h 15min