Object name
IC3105

Constellation: Chamaelon
Distance:500 light years
Imaged by Jean-Yves Beninger from Warrunbungle National Park, Australia
On 7 April 2025

Equipment:
Astro-Physics Mach1
Astro-Physics AP130 GTX Grand Turismo with Quad TCC 588mm
Camera Zwo ASI 2600MM pixel size 3.76µ
Filters L, R, G, B

LRGB images.

Description:

The Chamaelon III Dark Cloud is in the constellation of the same name, in the deep southern sky. About 500 light years away.

At the bottom of the image, shrouded behind the gas clouds, lies the galaxy IC3104, about 7.5 million light years away.