This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way,

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This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way, or to imply the endorsement by ESO of any product, service or activity Reflection nebula IC 2631, composite image. Combined optical and infrared image of the reflection nebula IC 2631. The reflected light is from a newly formed star HD 97300. IC 2631 is 520 light years from Earth, in the constellation of Chamaeleon. The image data was obtained by the Wide Field Imager (WFI) on the MPG/ESO telescope. Image published in 2016.

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