A One-Winged Butterfly: The Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula | NOIRLab

A One-Winged Butterfly: The Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula | NOIRLab

CosmoView Episode 35: This image highlights a large cloud of gas and dust known as the Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula, located in one of the nearest star-forming regions in the Milky Way galaxy. Hidden inside the nebula is a young star emitting streams of fast-moving gas that have carved a tunnel through the surrounding clouds. The star’s light scatters off the tunnel walls, and finally reflects off the surrounding dust and gas of the nebula. The image was taken from Chile by a multi-object spectrograph installed at the international Gemini Observatory, a Program of the National Science Foundation's NOIRLab.

Credit:

Images and Videos: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/E. Slawik, D. De Martin/Kwon O Chul

Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)

Duration: 1 minute, 14 seconds

Release Date: Dec. 7, 2021

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