Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  HD100026  ·  HD100096  ·  HD100098  ·  HD100099  ·  HD100100  ·  HD100126  ·  HD100162  ·  HD100163  ·  HD100199  ·  HD100200  ·  HD100212  ·  HD100243  ·  HD100263  ·  HD100279  ·  HD100296  ·  HD100323  ·  HD100355  ·  HD100443  ·  HD100444  ·  HD100466  ·  HD100495  ·  HD100529  ·  HD100530  ·  HD100652  ·  HD100666  ·  HD100736  ·  HD100737  ·  HD100752  ·  HD100759  ·  HD100774  ·  And 409 more.
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The Running chicken nebula (IC 2948). It is an emission nebula located in the constellation of Centaurus at 6500 light-years. It is famous because of its prominent Bok globules, which are dark, cold and dense concentrations of molecular gas. These clumps of gas may give birth to new stars.

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