Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  IC 2944  ·  IC 2948  ·  The star λ Cen  ·  lam Cen Nebula
IC2948 Running Chicken Nebula, Luke Shepherd
IC2948 Running Chicken Nebula
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IC2948 Running Chicken Nebula, Luke Shepherd
IC2948 Running Chicken Nebula
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Description

This is IC2948, known as the Running Chicken nebula. This nebula is located about 6000 light years away and spans about 70 light years across

I went with the traditional SHO Hubble palette and acquired almost 8.5hrs of data

33x 300s Sii

28x 300s Ha

40x 300s Oiii

Equipment

Mount: Saxon NEQ6

🔭: Skywatcher 10" F4 Quattro Newtonian

Coma Corrector: Baader MPCC MKiii

📷: ZWO ASI1600MM @ gain 100 offset 30

Filters: ZWO 36mm 7nm Sii Ha and Oiii

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IC2948 Running Chicken Nebula, Luke Shepherd

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