Wide field view of the R Coronae Australis region

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eso_eso1027b June 30th, 2010

Credit: Loke Kun Tan (StarryScapes.com)

This spectacular wide field image shows the area around the star R Coronae Australis. A huge dust cloud, about eight light-years across, dominates the centre of the image. The bluish reflection nebula close to R Coronae Australis is right of centre and the globular cluster NGC 6723 lies to the upper-right of the nebula. Corona Australis is a tiny tiara-shaped constellation, located next to the larger constellation of Sagittarius, in the direction of the centre of the Milky Way. In spite of its faintness, this southern winter constellation can be easily spotted from dark sites because of its characteristic shape and position in the sky.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1027b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Corona Australis NGC 6723 R Coronae Australis
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
Nebula > Appearance > Reflection
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 19h 1m 53.7s
DEC = -36° 57’ 7.5”
Orientation
North is 2.4° CW
Field of View
3.9 x 2.6 degrees
Constellation
Corona Australis

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
None (None) -
None (None) -
None (None) -
Image captured by astrophotographer Loke Kun Tan.
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ID
eso1027b
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.2   B.4.1.2   B.4.2.2  
Subject Name
Corona Australis, NGC 6723, R Coronae Australis
Credits
Loke Kun Tan (StarryScapes.com)
Release Date
2010-06-30T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1027b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from ESO.
Facility
None, None, None
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
300, 300, 300
Dataset ID
Notes
I
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
285.473866, -36.952078
Reference Dimension
4008.0, 2672.0
Reference Pixel
2577.49508459, 1589.50475397
Scale
-0.00097538859, 0.00097538859
Rotation
-2.37617077660
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso1027b
Metadata Date
2010-06-25T14:24:43+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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