Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  IC 2944  ·  IC 2948  ·  The star λ Cen  ·  lam Cen Nebula
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IC 2948 & 2944 - Running Chicken Nebula  (Reprocessing 2023), Ferrante Enriques
IC 2948 & 2944 - Running Chicken Nebula  (Reprocessing 2023)
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IC 2948 & 2944 - Running Chicken Nebula (Reprocessing 2023)

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IC 2948 & 2944 - Running Chicken Nebula  (Reprocessing 2023), Ferrante Enriques
IC 2948 & 2944 - Running Chicken Nebula  (Reprocessing 2023)
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IC 2948 & 2944 - Running Chicken Nebula (Reprocessing 2023)

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The origin of the name 'Running Chicken' for this  nebula is not clear to me. 
This image is 24 h total,  8h per channel.

EDIT 11/2023: this was reprocessed in nov 2023

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IC 2948 & 2944 - Running Chicken Nebula  (Reprocessing 2023), Ferrante Enriques