Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  IC 2948  ·  lambda Cen nebula

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    The heart of the Running Chicken, 



    
        

            Rick Stevenson
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    The heart of the Running Chicken

    Image of the day 05/03/2018

    Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
      The heart of the Running Chicken, 



    
        

            Rick Stevenson
      The heart of the Running Chicken
      Powered byPixInsight

      The heart of the Running Chicken

      Equipment

      Acquisition details

      Frames:
      Astrodon 3nm Ha: 14×1800(7h)
      Astrodon 3nm OIII: 14×1800(7h)
      Astrodon 3nm SII: 14×1800(7h)
      Integration:
      21h

      Basic astrometry details

      Astrometry.net job: 2034290

      RA center: 11h38m21s.1

      DEC center: -63°2309

      Pixel scale: 0.633 arcsec/pixel

      Orientation: 265.586 degrees

      Field radius: 0.421 degrees

      Resolution: 3995x2642

      File size: 5.0 MB

      Description

      IC 2944, aka the Running Chicken Nebula, is an emission nebula associated with an open star cluster in the constellation Centaurus. Towards the centre are Thackeray's Globules - a group of Bok Globules comprised of dense cosmic dust and gas. Bok Globules are often a site of star formation but not in this case.

      Data from Martin Pugh at Yass.

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      The heart of the Running Chicken, 



    
        

            Rick Stevenson