Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  IC 2948  ·  lambda Cen nebula
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IC 2948 Running Chicken Nebula, Jeff Reitzel
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IC 2948 Running Chicken Nebula

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IC 2948 Running Chicken Nebula, Jeff Reitzel
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IC 2948 Running Chicken Nebula

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While I impatiently wait on clear skies here in idaho I thought I would dust off processing skills a bit. This is the core area of IC 2948 around open cluster IC 2944. This is one of the brightest emission nebula in the sky and I think one of the most colorful. It also hosts an impressive collection of Bok Globules. This is a total of 12.5hrs NB integration using a Planewave CDK24 scope and FLI PL9000 CCD. Raw data acquired from El Sauce Observatory in Chile from February through April using the Telescope Live remote hosting platform. Processed with Pixinsight and Photoshop.

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IC 2948 Running Chicken Nebula, Jeff Reitzel