Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  IC 2872  ·  IC 2944  ·  IC 2948  ·  PK294-00.1  ·  The star λ Cen  ·  lam Cen  ·  lam Cen Nebula  ·  lambda Cen nebula
Running Chicken Nebula in SHO, David Arseneau
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Running Chicken Nebula in SHO

Revision title: Same data, new processing

Running Chicken Nebula in SHO, David Arseneau
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Running Chicken Nebula in SHO

Revision title: Same data, new processing

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The Running Chicken Nebula, IC 2944, is an open cluster associated with emission nebulosity in the constellation Centaurus. It is located about 6500 LY away from Earth and is about 71 LY in diameter. An item of interest are the dark Bok Globules silhouetted against the centre of the nebulosity; although these globules are typically a site of star formation in other nebulae, no evidence of star formation has been found in the globules of IC 2944.

The SHO Hubble palette was achieved using the IDAS NB2 and NB3 filters with a OSC.

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Title: Same data, new processing

Description: Took another shot at processing this data after some more experience working with the NB2 and NB3 on other targets. I think this one turned out much better, other than some drizzling artefacts around Lambda Centauri.

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Running Chicken Nebula in SHO, David Arseneau