NGC6559

NGC 6559 - a HRGB treatment of the Loreta Nebula. This is a cloud of gas and dust located at a distance of about 5000 light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer). The glowing region is a relatively small object, just a few light-years across, in contrast to the one hundred light-years and more spanned by its famous neighbour, the Lagoon Nebula.

Image aligned, integrated and colour mapped by Arc Fortnight, original data downloaded from Telescope.live