Chamaeleon II Sad Cloud

A shrimp constellation hiding approach the south celestial pole, The Chamaeleon boasts no fascinating stars. Stars are forming within its constellation boundaries although, in a fancy of dim, dusty molecular clouds. Some 500 gentle-years some distance away, the Chamaeleon II dim nebula inhabits this look the keep the cosmic dust clouds standout largely in silhouette in opposition to the starry southern sky. The telescopic frame is in regards to the angular size of a Paunchy Moon and so spans about 5 gentle-years on the dim cloud’s estimated distance. Scattered approach center a telltale reddish glow from identified Herbig-Haro objects is viewed within the moving image, jets of scared glowing gas emanating from now not too long within the past formed stars.