Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  IC 2948
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The Chickens Innards (IC 2944), Danny Lee
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The Chickens Innards (IC 2944)

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The Chickens Innards (IC 2944), Danny Lee
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The Chickens Innards (IC 2944)

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The heart of the Running Chicken Nebula.

As a resident of the northern hemisphere it's unlikely I'll have much opportunity to image southern hemisphere targets, at least not for the time being. I took advantage of Telescope Live to acquire the SHO data for this image and calibrated and processed it myself.

My only processing experience thus far has been with data from colour cameras, DSLR's and from my newly acquired 2600MC Pro. This is my first time combining separate channels from data taken with a monochrome camera using SHO filters. Another learning curve for me but I really enjoyed it. I just hope I've done the data some justice.

Previously on other images I've used the SCNR tool in PixInsight to zap all of the green away but for this one I tried applying it at a third strength, keeping some of the green. To my eye it added some colour contrast and made it a bit more interesting.

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The Chickens Innards (IC 2944), Danny Lee

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