IC 2944/IC2948: The Lambda Centauri Nebula (Brian Boyle)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Centaurus (Cen) · Contains: IC 2944 · IC 2948 · The star λ Cen · lam Cen · lam Cen Nebula · lambda Cen nebula

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IC2944 is a remarkable southern nebula. In my view, the popular name(which I will avoid using here) rather detracts from the nebula, drawing attention away from the riches buried in the nebula and focussing attention of seeing an object that is open to multiple interpretations.

This marks my first attempt at imaging the nebula at 1600mm focal length, and I am quite pleased with the result. Framing proved.a little tricky, to get the whole of the nebula in, but I wanted to highlight the wonderful change in blue across the nebula from the deep sky blue-violet on the lambda Centauri side, the azure-green sea in which the archipelago of Bok globules are strewn. The image rewards at detailed look, not least for the Bok globules. But if you do, please forgive my amateurish attempts at star taming around Lambda Centauri.

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RA (center)	11h38m02s.337
RA (top/left)	11h42m50s.147
RA (top/right)	11h38m25s.721
RA (bottom/right)	11h33m20s.147
RA (bottom/left)	11h37m38s.166

Dec (center)	-63°16′17″.98
Dec (top/left)	-63°32′13″.71
Dec (top/right)	-62°40′29″.54
Dec (bottom/right)	-62°59′46″.80
Dec (bottom/left)	-63°52′08″.12

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