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IC 2944 Running Chicken Nebula, Chris Jensen
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IC 2944 Running Chicken Nebula

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IC 2944 Running Chicken Nebula

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Total of 8 hours capture time all up and tried out a new, more involved processing routine in Pixinsight. Pretty happy with the results. The Running Chicken Nebula 
is an open cluster with an associated emission nebula found in the constellation Centaurus, near the star λ Centauri. It features Bok globules, which are frequently a site of active star formation.

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Description: Clouds continue on the east coast of Australia and with 4 days off for Easter, I am practising further on Pixinsight processing with the data that I have. This is the first image where I have really been able to pull together techniques from Adam Block, Chaotic Nebula, the
BLastrophoto youtube channel and @dylan_odonnell_ youtube channel.

Added in Normalised Scale Gradient and drizzled during my data calibration. Finally got my head around deconvolution and also optimising the processing of a synthetic Luminance layer and getting it applied correctly. The previous version of this image from a week ago had the centre of the blue area washed out and lacking detail. Now, I can see everything that is in there!!!.
Data captured in early April 7.75 hour total integration time.
Telescope - William Optics Z61.
Mount - Saxon HEQ5 Pro
Camera - ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro

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IC 2944 Running Chicken Nebula, Chris Jensen

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