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Running Chicken Nebula in SHO, Jeff Weiss
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Gum 79 or IC 2944, also known as the Running Chicken Nebula, the Lambda Centauri Nebula or the λ Centauri Nebula, is an open cluster with an associated emission nebula found in the constellation Centaurus, near the star λ Centauri. It features Bok globules [seen in the center of this image], which are frequently a site of active star formation. However, no evidence for star formation has been found in any of the globules in IC 2944. [Wikipedia]

This is a 19.5h purely SHO image of IC2944 using data collected by DeepSkyWest in Rio Hurtato, Chile in April and May 2023 using their TOA150 telescope.

I'm pretty sure that I don't see any running chicken in this image but glad that somebody does.

Rev B.: Rotated the image, +90 deg after thinking that I've finally recognized the Running Chicken.

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Description: Rev B.: Rotated the image, after thinking that I've finally recognized the Running Chicken this way.

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Running Chicken Nebula in SHO, Jeff Weiss