Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  IC 2944  ·  IC 2948  ·  The star λCen  ·  lam Cen  ·  lam Cen Nebula  ·  lambda Cen nebula
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Running Chicken Nebula (IC 2948), Sebastian Marchi
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Running Chicken Nebula (IC 2948)

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Running Chicken Nebula (IC 2948)

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The Running chicken nebula (IC 2948). It is an emission nebula located in the constellation of Centaurus at 6500 light-years. It is famous because of its prominent Bok globules, which are dark, cold and dense concentrations of molecular gas. These clumps of gas may give birth to new stars.

Taken from La Reina, Santiago de Chile.

February 21st and 25th, 2021.

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