Cosmoview Episode 99: Dark Energy Camera Captures Sparse Pockets of Light Amongst Dark Clouds of Chamaeleon I (horizontal)
The ominous Chamaeleon I dark cloud, the nearest star-forming region to Earth, is captured in this image taken with the 570-megapixel Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, a Program of NSF NOIRLab. Chamaeleon I is one portion of the larger Chamaeleon Complex and is home to three reflection nebulae that are brightly illuminated by nearby newly formed stars.
Credit:CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA
Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab)
Motion graphics: Mik Garrison
Music: Scanning the Unknown - Mik Garrison
About the Video
| Id: | noirlab2519c |
| Release date: | June 10, 2025, noon |
| Related releases: | noirlab2519 |
| Duration: | 01 m 18 s |
| Frame rate: | 29.97 |
About the Object
| Category: | Cosmoviews Nebulae |
