Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  IC 2872  ·  IC 2944  ·  IC 2948  ·  PK294-00.1  ·  The star λCen  ·  j Cen  ·  lam Cen  ·  lam Cen Nebula  ·  lambda Cen nebula
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IC2948 the Running Chicken Nebula

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IC2948 the Running Chicken Nebula

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Canon 300mm f/4.0 L
Imaging Cameras
Canon EOS 77D
Software
Adobe Photoshop · Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses
Skywatcher 9x50 finder
Guiding Cameras
MGEN

Acquisition details

Dates:
May 29, 2019
Frames:
73×180(3h 39′)
Integration:
3h 39′
Avg. Moon age:
24.68 days
Avg. Moon phase:
24.33%

RA center: 11h38m03s.35

DEC center: -63°2117.9

Pixel scale: 3.939 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -11.391 degrees

Field radius: 2.631 degrees

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Resolution: 4000x2670

File size: 21.7 MB

Locations: deepskysafaris.com Rooisand, Windhoek, Namibia

Data source: Traveller

Description

The Running Chicken or Lambda Centaurus Nebula IC2948 is aptly named for its form. Its one of the big star factories of the Milkyway and there are several main locations of ongoing breeding. The nebula not only emits Ha light, but also lots of OIII and some delicate veils of bluish reflection nebulae. In center you may detect some tiny dark spots - its not dirt or artefacts but the famous Thackeray's globules, small condensations of matter silhouetted against the bright nebula.

Canon Eos77da at Iso800 on Canon 300m L f/4, mounted on Losmandy G11 + FS1 guided/dithered by Mgen2, 73x3min subframes. Location: Farm Rooisand in Namibia, managed by deepskysafaris.com

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