Stars and Dust in Corona Australis . ... Credit Copyright: CHART32 Team , Processing - Johannes Schedler Explanation: Cosmic dust clouds and young, energetic stars inhabit this telescopic vista , less than 500 light-years away toward the northern boundary of Corona Australis , the Southern Crown. The dust clouds effectively block light from more distant background stars in the Milky Way . ... At the left, smaller yellowish nebula NGC 6729 bends around young variable star R Coronae Australis . ...