{"id":816126,"date":"2026-07-22T08:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/816126\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T08:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:15:09","slug":"apod-2026-july-22-the-corona-australis-cloud-and-the-chandelier-cluster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/816126\/","title":{"rendered":"APOD: 2026 July 22 \u2013 The Corona Australis Cloud and the Chandelier Cluster"},"content":{"rendered":"

APOD: 2026 July 22 \u2013 The Corona Australis Cloud and the Chandelier Cluster<\/p>\n

Discover the cosmos!<\/a>
\nEach day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.\n<\/p>\n

2026 July 22
\n

\n\"Both<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

The Corona Australis Molecular Cloud and the Chandelier Cluster
Image Credit:
\nDES\/DOE\/FNAL\/DECam\/CTIO\/NOIRLab\/NSF\/AURA
\n
Image Processing:
\nT.A. Rector (UAA\/NOIRLab), R. Colombari & M. Zamani (NOIRLab)
\n
Text:
\nKeighley Rockcliffe<\/a>
\n(NASA<\/a>
\nGSFC<\/a>,
\nUMBC CSST<\/a>,
\nCRESST II<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Explanation:
\nThe Southern Crown (Corona Australis) dazzles with young and ancient celestial jewels.
\nThe Corona Australis Cloud<\/a>
\nis a collage of
\nreflection and emission nebulae<\/a>
\non the left of
\ntoday\u2019s image<\/a>.
\nAt 430 light years away, this cloud is one of the closest
\nstar-forming regions<\/a>
\nto Earth. It contains gas cool enough (-260 Celsius or -440 Fahrenheit) to collapse into
\nprotostars<\/a>.
\nRecently formed stars paint blue hues across the cloud as their light reflects off surrounding material. The waltz of the R Coronae Australis
\nbinary system<\/a>
\nstirs up the nebula
\nNGC 6729<\/a>.
\nThe younger of the pair
\nionizes<\/a>
\nnearby gas with its ultraviolet light, causing it to glow.
\nThe Chandelier Cluster<\/a>
\n(NGC 6723) dangles from the top right, but is actually tens of thousands
\nof light years farther away than its apparent star-forming neighbor.
\nWhile NGC 6723 experienced multiple periods of star formation creating
\nslightly younger<\/a>
\nstars, the chandelier twinkles with stars almost as old as the universe.<\/p>\n

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