Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  IC 2872  ·  IC 2944  ·  IC 2948  ·  NGC 3766  ·  Pearl Cluster  ·  The star λ Cen  ·  lam Cen Nebula
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IC 2944 (2nd light Skywatcher Esprit 80), Peter Pat
IC 2944 (2nd light Skywatcher Esprit 80)
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IC 2944 (2nd light Skywatcher Esprit 80)

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IC 2944 (2nd light Skywatcher Esprit 80), Peter Pat
IC 2944 (2nd light Skywatcher Esprit 80)
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IC 2944 (2nd light Skywatcher Esprit 80)

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IC 2944 - known as either the Lambda Centauri nebula or the Running Chicken nebula.

This is a great object for wide-field imaging scope so made a good target for more testing of the relatively new scope.
I wasn't much further along with tuning the scope than I was with the previous image of NGC 3372, except I know I'm getting close with the backspacing & think I still have some tilt to deal with.
I'm hoping to have everything well tuned before I head out to dark skies in May.

Presented in HOO with RGB stars.

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