Chamaeleon complex

IRAS image of Chamaeleon I, II and III. The Dark Doodad Nebula is the red filament at the top.

The Chamaeleon complex is a large star forming region (SFR) at the surface of the Local Bubble that includes the Chamaeleon I, Chamaeleon II, and Chamaeleon III dark clouds. It occupies nearly all of the constellation Chamaeleon and overlaps into Apus, Musca, Carina and Octans. The mean density of X-ray sources is about one source per square degree.[1]

  1. ^ Alcala JM, Krautter J, Schmitt JH, Covino E, Wichmann R, Mundt R (Nov 1995). "A study of the Chamaeleon star forming region from the ROSAT all-sky survey. I. X-ray observations and optical identifications". Astron. Astrophys. 114 (11): 109–34. Bibcode:1995A&AS..114..109A.