Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  IC 2948
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IC 2944 - The Running Chicken Nebula, Ian Sharp
IC 2944 - The Running Chicken Nebula
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IC 2944 - The Running Chicken Nebula

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IC 2944 - The Running Chicken Nebula, Ian Sharp
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IC 2944 - The Running Chicken Nebula

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This image of IC 2944, also known as the Running Chicken Nebula is an open cluster with an associated emission nebula found in the constellation Centaurus, near the star λ Centauri. It features Bok globules which are isolated and relatively small dark nebulae, containing dense cosmic dust and gas from which star formation may take place.

This image contains about 30 hours of narrowband data consisting of about 10 hours each using HA, OIII and SII filters. All the exposures were 30 minutes long. This is an SHO rendition.

The images were taken an RCOS 12.5" f/9 Ritchey-Chrétien with Apogee F16MD9 CCD Camera owned by Jason Jennings at SSO, NSW Australia which I used to share.

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IC 2944 - The Running Chicken Nebula, Ian Sharp