Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  IC 2944  ·  IC 2948  ·  PK294-00.1  ·  The star λCen  ·  lam Cen  ·  lam Cen Nebula  ·  lambda Cen nebula
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Lambda Centauri Nebula / Running Chicken Nebula (IC2944), KiwiAstro
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Lambda Centauri Nebula / Running Chicken Nebula (IC2944)

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Lambda Centauri Nebula / Running Chicken Nebula (IC2944), KiwiAstro
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Lambda Centauri Nebula / Running Chicken Nebula (IC2944)

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Capturing the Running Chicken Nebula with a UHC filter under 50% moon. You can see the Bok globules in the lower right part of the nebula (nb: Bok globules are isolated and relatively small dark nebulae, containing dense cosmic dust and gas from which star formation may take place). The bright star Lambda Centauri located at the top. Distance 6520 LY.

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Lambda Centauri Nebula / Running Chicken Nebula (IC2944), KiwiAstro

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