THE RUNNING CHICKEN NEBULA - IC2948 - Deep sky 1800mm hALRGB - Constellation Centaurus (Thomas ArtOfPix Großschmidt)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Centaurus (Cen) · Contains: HD101131 · HD101190 · HD101205 · HD101436 · IC 2948 · lambda Cen nebula

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THE RUNNING CHICKEN NEBULA - IC2948 - Deep sky 1800mm hALRGB - Constellation Centaurus

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THE RUNNING CHICKEN NEBULA - IC2948 - Deep sky 1800mm hALRGB - Constellation Centaurus

THE RUNNING CHICKEN NEBULA
- IC2948
- Deep sky 1800mm hALRGB
- Constellation Centaurus

Another beautiful emission nebula found in the constellation Centaurus in the southern sky. It is a neighboring nebula to the bombastic Eta Carinae nebula complex. This nebula rewards us with its detailed structure, which is particularly evident in narrow-band recordings. The nebula has a low surface brightness and shows several "Bok Globules", small dark nebulae resembling blobs or globules in the image. They are composed of, among other things, molecular hydrogen gas, as well as helium and variable amounts of silicate dust. The globules in this nebula were discovered by David Thackery, and are thus also known as "Thackery Globoli".
The emission nebula is powered by the open star cluster IC2944, also known as the Cadwell 100 cluster.

Equipment & recording dates:
Dream Aerospace Systems' 16-inch Astronomical Telescope for Educational Outreach (ATEO-1) 1800mm focal length astrograph imaging telescope. Camera FLI16803, Chroma filter set.
Lights: L 14x 300s Bin1x1 // R 16x 300s, G 11x 300s & B 10x 300s Bin 2x2 (flats, darks, bias calibrated, dithering)
Location: USA, Utah, Great Basin Desert. Remote Telescope Insight Observatory. Acquired image data set.

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Mainly Pixinsight, Photoshop, Lightroom, GraXpert, BTX Blur Terminator, Noise Terminator, Star X Terminator

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Astrophotography Germany
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Elaborations (L) hAlpha RGB
Remote Telescope (rented)

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Astrometry.net job	7502364
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RA (center)	11h38m30s.703
RA (top/left)	11h36m23s.910
RA (top/right)	11h36m29s.497
RA (bottom/right)	11h40m41s.425
RA (bottom/left)	11h40m28s.978

Dec (center)	-63°25′45″.18
Dec (top/left)	-63°04′54″.88
Dec (top/right)	-63°47′10″.46
Dec (bottom/right)	-63°46′29″.29
Dec (bottom/left)	-63°04′13″.95

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