Corona Australis (1)

"...Il pastore intelligente sa che le sue pecore può tosarle molte volte, ma scuoiarle soltanto una..."

(dal film: "Rounders")

Caption originale:"A cosmic dust cloud sprawls across a rich field of stars in this gorgeous wide field telescopic vista looking toward Corona Australis, the Southern Crown. Probably less than 500 LY away and effectively blocking light from more distant, background stars in the Milky Way, the densest part of the dust cloud is about 8 LY long. At its tip (lower left) is a series of lovely blue nebulae cataloged as NGC 6726, 6727, 6729 and IC 4812. Their characteristic blue color is produced as light from hot stars is reflected by the cosmic dust. The tiny but intriguing yellowish arc visible near the blue nebulae marks young variable star R Coronae Australis. Magnificent globular star cluster NGC 6723 is seen here below and left of the nebulae. While NGC 6723 appears to be just outside Corona Australis in the constellation Sagittarius, it actually lies nearly 30.000 LY away, far beyond the Corona Australis dust cloud".