Journey to The Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula | NOIRLab

Journey to The Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula | NOIRLab

This video zooms in to the Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula, located in the constellation Chamaeleon.

This ethereal image, captured from Chile by the international Gemini Observatory, a Program of the National Science Foundation's NOIRLab, looks as delicate as a butterfly’s wing. It is, however, a structure known as the Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula. It is located near the center of the even larger Chamaeleon I dark cloud—one of the nearest star-forming regions in our Milky Way galaxy.

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

Acknowledgments: 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

Release Date: Dec. 7, 2021

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