Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Chamaeleon (Cha)  ·  Contains:  HD97048  ·  HD97240

Image of the day 03/13/2024

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CED110 / CED111 - Rarely Imaged Reflection Nebula in the Chamaeleon Molecular Cloud, John Dziuba
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CED110 / CED111 - Rarely Imaged Reflection Nebula in the Chamaeleon Molecular Cloud

Image of the day 03/13/2024

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CED110 / CED111 - Rarely Imaged Reflection Nebula in the Chamaeleon Molecular Cloud, John Dziuba
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CED110 / CED111 - Rarely Imaged Reflection Nebula in the Chamaeleon Molecular Cloud

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Located very close to the celestial south pole, the Chamaeleon molecular cloud is a beautiful region that has a lot going on.  It is one of the closest star forming areas in the Milky Way. 

This image highlights the two most obvious features, they are the two reflection nebulae Cederblad 110 on the right and Cederblad 111 on the left.

Nestled in between them are two Herbig-Haro objects HH49 and HH50.  They appear as small red blips of nebulosity.  These are formed by strong jets that are being ejected from newly formed stars.  The jets excite the surrounding matter and that causes the red light emission.

Also visible is "V" shaped Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula.  This is also caused by a young but cooler star that is emitting jets that are carving a luminous path through the molecular cloud.

This data was collected at the same time as my FSQ106 was collecting data on a wide field view.  That image can be found in my gallery here https://www.astrobin.com/zijj31/H/

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CED110 / CED111 - Rarely Imaged Reflection Nebula in the Chamaeleon Molecular Cloud, John Dziuba