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    IC 2944 - THE RUNNING CHICKEN NEBULA, Shaun Robertson
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    IC 2944 - THE RUNNING CHICKEN NEBULA

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      IC 2944 - THE RUNNING CHICKEN NEBULA, Shaun Robertson
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      IC 2944 - THE RUNNING CHICKEN NEBULA

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      The Running Chicken nebula is located in the Constellation of Centaurus about 6500 light years from earth. The name comes from a group of stars that resemble a running chicken, not entirely visible in this image due to its field of view.
      The dark globules in the centre of the image, known as Bok globules and are small dark nebulae consisting of molecular hydrogen as well as helium.

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      IC 2944 - THE RUNNING CHICKEN NEBULA, Shaun Robertson

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