IC2944 the Running Chicken Nebula (Reggie)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Centaurus (Cen) · Contains: IC 2944 · IC 2948 · The star λCen · lam Cen · lam Cen Nebula · lambda Cen nebula

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IC2944 the Running Chicken Nebula

Discovered by Royal Harvard Frost in 1906-8, this object is also dubbed the "Running Chicken Nebula."IC 2948 is a large (40'), almost featureless emission nebula between the the Southern Cross and the rich Carina region, around the star Lambda Centauri. Against this uniform, bright backdrop we see a small group of dark clouds known as 'Bok globules'. They are named for the Dutch-American astronomer who first drew attention to them as possible sites of star formation.The Bok Globules discovered in IC 2948 by South African astronomer A. David Thackeray in 1950 are now known as Thackeray's Globules. These dark markings are discrete, opaque dust clouds, the largest containing enough material to form several stars the mass of the sun. The globules are not some line-of-sight coincidence; the brightened rim of the largest clearly shows it to be associated with the nebulosity of IC 2948, at a distance of about 6000 light years. The nebula spans about 70 light-years.
This is a RGBSHO image.

Imaged from my backyard.

ASIAIR, AZEQ6 , Sharpstar SCA260 , ASI2600MM, Antlia RGBSHO filters.
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop CC.

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Reflecting Telescope Group
ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
Objects of the South - negative declination only
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QHY268M/ZWO2600M Images
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Astrometry.net job	5680611
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	11h36m24s.24
RA (top/left)	11h33m15s.73
RA (top/right)	11h33m25s.30
RA (bottom/right)	11h39m39s.29
RA (bottom/left)	11h39m16s.68

Dec (center)	-63°12′42″.5
Dec (top/left)	-62°42′13″.9
Dec (top/right)	-63°44′10″.4
Dec (bottom/right)	-63°42′55″.9
Dec (bottom/left)	-62°41′02″.1

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