Dark dust clouds in Chamaeleon

Dust clouds in the constellation Chamaeleon. Click on the image for a larger version.

Below: A few details from the image.


The bright star at centre-left is fourth-magnitude Beta Chamaeleontis. Below it is the only bright galaxy in the image, IC 3104.






The brightest star in this group is fourth-magnitude Epsilon Chamaeleontis.




11-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope at 560mm focal length; image mosaic; dedicated astro camera.