Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  IC 2944  ·  IC 2948  ·  The star λCen  ·  lam Cen  ·  lam Cen Nebula  ·  lambda Cen nebula
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Running Chicken Nebula, Andrew Murrell
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Running Chicken Nebula

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Running Chicken Nebula

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The area around the Southern Cross is filled with many deep-sky wonders, the most impressive being the Eta Carina Nebula. Another impressive region but often overlooked is IC2944, the Running Chicken Nebula. It would be considered one of the more impressive large Nebula's in the sky if it were not so close to its more impressive neighbour. The Nebula responds well to a UCH filter in my 20" dob and was the perfect target to shoot with the 150ED and the Lumicon UHC filter.

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