Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula
This ethereal image, captured from Chile by the international Gemini Observatory, a Program of NSF's NOIRLab, looks as delicate as a butterfly’s wing. It is, however, a structure known as the Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula, which is located near the center of the even larger Chamaeleon I dark cloud, one of the nearest star-forming regions in our Milky Way.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
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)
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2129a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | Dec. 7, 2021, 1:04 p.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2129 |
Size: | 2088 x 1802 px |
About the Object
Name: | Cha IR Nebula |
Constellation: | Chamaeleon |
Category: | Nebulae |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 11 8 38.42 |
Position (Dec): | -77° 43' 46.60" |
Field of view: | 5.58 x 4.82 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 14.1° right of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
---|---|---|
Optical G | 475 nm | Gemini South GMOS-S |
Optical R | 630 nm | Gemini South GMOS-S |
Optical I | 780 nm | Gemini South GMOS-S |
Optical H-alpha | 656 nm | Gemini South GMOS-S |