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CHAMAELEON II – Final Color

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Chamaeleon II - Chile

Chamaeleon II – Chile

This is an uncatalogued object way down at -76 degrees in the little known constellation of Chamaeleon. It is a very dust laden field with several good sized Bok globules. Here and there we can see some red stars enveloped in the dark dust regions. Perhaps they are really young O stars that have their blue hues obstructed by the intervening dust.

PlaneWave 12.5″ Astrograph with an ST11000 camera, Astrodon filters, and ASA gearless DDM-85 mount. F/8 LRGB (45/8/min L, 8/8min each 2×2 RGB).