Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  IC 2944  ·  IC 2948  ·  The star λCen  ·  lam Cen Nebula
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
IC 2944 The Running Chicken Nebula, Casey Good
IC 2944 The Running Chicken Nebula
Powered byPixInsight

IC 2944 The Running Chicken Nebula

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
IC 2944 The Running Chicken Nebula, Casey Good
IC 2944 The Running Chicken Nebula
Powered byPixInsight

IC 2944 The Running Chicken Nebula

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

The Running Chicken Nebula is one I've always made of fun of during public outreach when guests ask me where people came up with names of constellations and nebula. I still don't see it, lol.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

IC 2944 The Running Chicken Nebula, Casey Good

In these public groups

Cloudy Nights