A stunning image captured by the James Webb Telescope's NIRCam instrument! 🔭
The image shows the central region of the dark molecular cloud Chamaeleon I, located 630 light-years away.
The cloud's cold material is illuminated in infrared light by the young protostellar object Ced 110 IRS 4, while light from background stars reveals the presence of radiation-absorbing ices.
Eerie, beautiful, and 550 light-years away. 🌌
This is IC 63, famously known as 'The Ghost of Cassiopeia.'
It's literally being slowly eroded away by the intense radiation of a nearby giant star. Space is hauntingly beautiful. ✨