This frames the field in the southern constellation of Corona Australis, the Southern Crown, that is rich in bluish reflection nebulosity and brownish dusty absorption nebulas. Also in the field, but much more distant than the nebulas, is the globular star cluster NGC 6723 at top right.

The dark nebula complex is sometimes called the Anteater Nebula. Australian observers call the dense opaque area (the body of the Anteater) the "Field of Nothing," as a telescope at moderate power aimed at the area shows nothing at all, not even a star. The blue reflection nebulas are catalogued as NGC 6726, NGC 6727 and NGC 6729. The entire area is dubbed the Corona Australis Cloud Complex, or Dark Nebula Complex.

The field of view is about 3° by 2°.

Technical:
This is a stack of 19 x 4-minute exposures, unfiltered, through the Askar APO120 refractor with its 0.8x Reducer/Flattener for f/5.6 and 670mm focal length, and the Canon Ra camera at ISO 800. Taken October 3, 2024 from the Quailway Cottage near Rodeo, New Mexico, but in Arizona, at 32° N latitude. On the Astro-Physics AP400 mount, autoguided with the Lacerta MGEN3 stand-alone auto-guider. The field was low in the south in the early evening, and prone to some blurring and atmospheric refraction, but was still high enough to provide good sky quality for 80 minutes of shooting.