Gemini South telescope captures image of Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula

The Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula is an outflow of gas that resides in the larger Chamaeleon I dark cloud (one of the closest star-forming regions of the Milky Way), and adjacent to the Chamaeleon II and Chamaeleon III dark clouds. These three dark clouds--a type of nebula so dense that it obscures light--are known collectively as the Chamaeleon Complex, a large area of star formation.