Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  IC 2948
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Running Chicken Nebula  - 6/14/22, Ed Dixon
Running Chicken Nebula  - 6/14/22
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Running Chicken Nebula - 6/14/22

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Running Chicken Nebula  - 6/14/22, Ed Dixon
Running Chicken Nebula  - 6/14/22
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Running Chicken Nebula - 6/14/22

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First cut at an image of the Running Chicken Nebula IC 2944.  This is an emission nebula located 6,000 lightyears away in the constellation Centaurus and covers about 100 lightyears of space.  The data is from 18 five minute exposures, 6 each for RGB.  Captured the week of 6/14/22 by staff at the iTelescope observatory in Siding Spring Observatory in Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia using a  Planewave 20" reflector telescope and a FLI PL09000 camera.  Data downloaded from iTelescope and then stacked and processed with Pixinsight, Windows, and Apple edit.

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Running Chicken Nebula  - 6/14/22, Ed Dixon