This is the brightest nebula in Chamaeleon, and is powered by the young T Tauri star HD97300, a massive pre-main sequence star.
It lies 630 lys away.

The long Chamaeleon molecular cloud encompassing it is of considerable interest in the study of exo planets and brown dwarfs.

PlaneWave 12.5″ Astrograph, with an ST11000 camera, Astrodon filters, and ASA gearless DDM-85 mount. F/8 LRGB (45/8 min L, 8/8min each 2×2 RGB).