Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  IC 2872  ·  IC 2944  ·  IC 2948  ·  The star λ Cen  ·  lam Cen Nebula
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Running Chicken Nebula, Richard Muhlack
Running Chicken Nebula
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Running Chicken Nebula

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This was my last image from Griffith NSW before our move to South Australia in Jan 2014. Captured with a modded Canon 1000D and a Long Perng 80mm f6 achromat, a Williams Optics P-Flat88 field flattener and a William Optics VR1 filter.

Unusual star shapes in the corners which I have seen repeatedly with this camera with various scopes and lenses - possibly sensor tilt. Consequently this image has been resized to 50% of the original size to improve the stellar profile.

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Running Chicken Nebula, Richard Muhlack