the 'Thumbprint' Nebula in Chamaeleon
Image Info
Imaged on 20110603 with 31 cm
f/4.5 Newtonian Reflector and GSTAR-EX video camera
400 video frames with no filter.
Object Info
After reading about this object
in 'Catalogue of the Stars' (no location given), I've been trying to
find it for years... finally done it.
It is an isolated and highly symmetrical Bok globule and shows no signs
of star formation within, it is a very faint object.
Found at: 12h 44' -78d 48'
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See here for my Seestar S50 image showing a wider field around this object.