A Chamaeleon Sky
Explanation:
A photogenic group of nebulae can be found in
Chamaeleon, a
constellation visible predominantly in skies south of the
Earth's equator.
Towards
Chamaeleon, dark
molecular clouds and bright
planetary nebula
NGC 3195 can be found.
Visible near the center of the
above photograph is a
reflection nebula
surrounding a young bright star. On the lower right, a
dark molecular cloud
blocks the light from stars behind it.
It takes light hundreds of
years to reach us from
these objects.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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