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Lambda Centauri Nebula (IC 2944), Gary Lopez
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Lambda Centauri Nebula (IC 2944)

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Lambda Centauri Nebula (IC 2944)

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About 6,000 lightyears away in the constellation Centaurus is the emission nebula, Lambda Centauri, also called the Running Chicken Nebula. The site of many newly ignited stars, the gases in this cosmic cloud glow with ionized hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur. Nearly 100 light years across, one of the features of this nebula are a prominent cluster of Bok globules near its core, small clouds of gas and dust that are so dense they block the visible light.

Since this object is visible in the southern hemisphere (and I live in the northern hemisphere) I purchased equipment time from the Telescope Live observatories in Chile and Australia. To create the base image I used narrowband data captured with a rig that has an FOV of 233’x155’ (AUS-2). To enhance the detail of the features in the core of the nebula I used narrowband data from a rig with an FOV of 32’x32’ (CHI-1) to create a master luminance.  I processed the RGB star data separately and combined it with starless narrowband masters in PS Layers to subdue the starfield and better reveal the nebular structures.

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Lambda Centauri Nebula (IC 2944), Gary Lopez

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