Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  IC 2872  ·  IC 2944  ·  IC 2948  ·  The star λCen  ·  lam Cen Nebula
IC 2944 wide field, Harrington Beach Imagers Group
IC 2944 wide field
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IC 2944 wide field

IC 2944 wide field, Harrington Beach Imagers Group
IC 2944 wide field
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IC 2944 wide field

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IC 2944, Lambda Centauri Nebula, wide angle. Imaged April 01, 2021 remotely from New South Wales via i Telescope. Site is south 31 degrees, 3700' elevation, Bortle 1 skies. Shot with NP127

Tele Vue Refractor at f/5. FL Proline 16803 camera. 4096 x 4096; fov = 188' x1 188'. 80 minutes total integration, with 4x5 minutes each with L, R, G, B filters. Picture cropped about 1/3. Processed with Pixinsight, and minor tweaks in Adobe. Bok globules shown in expanded view, which are associated with new star formation.

Regards Tom Schmidtkunz

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IC 2944 wide field, Harrington Beach Imagers Group