Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  IC 2872  ·  IC 2944  ·  IC 2948  ·  NGC 3766  ·  Pearl Cluster  ·  The star j Cen  ·  The star λ Cen  ·  lam Cen Nebula
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IC 2944 Running Chicken Nebula, George Hatfield
IC 2944 Running Chicken Nebula
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IC 2944 Running Chicken Nebula

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IC 2944 Running Chicken Nebula, George Hatfield
IC 2944 Running Chicken Nebula
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IC 2944 Running Chicken Nebula

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This LRGB image utilized RGB data from Tragoolchitr Jittasaiypan (2017, Takahashi FSQ106, SBIG STX 16803), 3 x 300-sec exposures for each filter.   The luminance layer was composed of narrowband data from Telescope.live (https://telescope.live/home, 2024, Takahashi FSQ 106ED, f3.6, QHY600M Pro).  The data included a total of 4 x 300-sec exposures for each filter (Ha, SII and OIII ).  The narrowband images were combined using Pixinsight with no rejection. The RGB and the luminance from combining the  narrowband images were registered and combined as nonlinear starless images.  Nonoverlapping areas, which did not include the nebula, were processed with  Generative fill in Photoshop.  The RGB stars were then added to the resulting image.  Star reduction utilized Bill Blanchan's method 3.

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IC 2944 Running Chicken Nebula, George Hatfield