Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  IC 2872  ·  IC 2944  ·  IC 2948  ·  NGC 3766  ·  Pearl Cluster  ·  The star λ Cen  ·  lam Cen Nebula
Chicken runs from cluster: IC2944 and Pearl Cluster, AstroFckups
Chicken runs from cluster: IC2944 and Pearl Cluster
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Chicken runs from cluster: IC2944 and Pearl Cluster

Chicken runs from cluster: IC2944 and Pearl Cluster, AstroFckups
Chicken runs from cluster: IC2944 and Pearl Cluster
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Chicken runs from cluster: IC2944 and Pearl Cluster

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Thought it would be kind of humorous to frame the Running Chicken Nebula, IC2944, to make it appear to be running away from the absolutely terrifying Pearl Cluster.

IC2944 is an active star forming region ~100 light years across and 6000+ light years away. I love the little (well,  they would be incredibly huge in reality) Bok Globules floating in it.

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Chicken runs from cluster: IC2944 and Pearl Cluster, AstroFckups