Just 500 light years away, the Chamaeleon Complex, and in particular its dark cloud Chamaeleon I, is a hotbed of young, ...

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That census was captured in the Chamaeleon I molecular cloud, which lies about 500 light-years away from Earth and is currently developing "dozens" of stars. This region is part of the 65-light ...

This vast stellar nursery, known as the Chamaeleon Cloud Complex, stretches 65 light-years wide, occupying most of the Chamaeleon constellation, which is visible from the Southern Hemisphere.

The image shows the Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula, a star-forming region that is one of the nearest to Earth in our galaxy. This nebula is known as an infrared nebula because it glows brightly in the ...

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Astronomers imaged the Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula in visible light using the Gemini South’s 8.1-meter telescope on top of the Cerro Pachón mountain. The nebula gained its name because it ...