Nebula · Corona Australis
NGC 6729
Deep skyC 68NGC 6729
Scientific overview
NGC 6729 is a nebula in the constellation Corona Australis. It spans about 25 arcminutes of sky.
Location in the sky
Precision measurements
Distances and velocities from SIMBAD · NGC 6729
| Right ascension (ICRS) | 285.443333 deg | SIMBAD · measured |
| Declination (ICRS) | -36.961111 deg | SIMBAD · measured |
Full field-level provenance
- Right ascension (ICRS): Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) · SIMBAD · basic · ra · direct catalogue measurement · retrieved 2026-07-11
- Declination (ICRS): Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) · SIMBAD · basic · dec · direct catalogue measurement · retrieved 2026-07-11
Physical size is derived from the OpenNGC angular size and the catalogued distance (small-angle: size = angle × distance). This is a Galactic object: its Doppler shift is shown as a radial velocity, not a cosmological redshift. Fields a source did not provide are omitted, never invented.
Other objects in Corona Australis
| Object | Type | Mag | Size (′) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 6541C 78 · NGC 6541 | Globular cluster | 7.32 | 7.5 |
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- OpenNGCOpenNGC (M. Verga) — NGC/IC, Messier, and Caldwell catalogue data
Openly-licensed deep-sky catalogue: object types, positions, magnitudes, sizes, morphology, and cross-identifiers.