* Astronomy

NGC 6727 (also ESO 396-N14) is a magnitude +11.4 reflection nebula near NGC 6726 located 400(?) light-years away in the constellation Corona Australis near Gamma Coronae Australis.

The nebula was discovered by German astronomer Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt using a 15.75 cm (6.2 inch) f/15 Ploessl refractor at the Athens Observatory on the 15th June 1861.

Right Ascension 19h 01m 42.2s, Declination -36° 52' 35"