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Credit & Copyright: Andrey Kuznetsov
Explanation:
The Chameleon is a small constellation near the
south celestial pole.
Boasting no bright
stars, it
blends inconspicuously with the starry
southern sky.
But, taken in dark skies over Namibia, this image reveals a stunning
aspect of the shy constellation -- a field of dusty nebulae and colorful
stars.
Blue reflection nebulae are scattered
through the scene, but most
eye-catching is the complex of silvery dust clouds that only faintly
reflect
starlight, punctuated by dense dark nebulae.
The dark nebulae stand out because they block out background stars.
This view of the cosmic dust clouds spans
about 4 degrees on the sky.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: dark nebula - reflection nebula - dust
Publications with words: dark nebula - reflection nebula - dust
See also:
- APOD: 2024 January 29 Á The Pleiades: Seven Dusty Sisters
- The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty
- APOD: 2023 November 27 Á LBN 86: The Eagle Ray Nebula
- APOD: 2023 November 20 Á The Horsehead Nebula
- APOD: 2023 October 30 Á Reflections of the Ghost Nebula
- The Ghosts of Gamma Cas
- APOD: 2023 September 26 Á IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula