Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  HD100099  ·  HD100323  ·  HD100444
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RCW61, John Dziuba
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RCW61

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RCW61

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The often overlooked emission nebula RCW61 lies adjacent to the Running Chicken nebula about 6,500 light years away from Earth.  Depending on your imagination when looking at the Running Chicken and how you visualize it, this could be one of the "feet".  It is commonly imaged in wide field images of the region but rarely featured on its own as it is surrounded by many other bright and beautiful things.

The Hydrogen and Sulfur signals have little variation making it difficult to resolve a compelling image.  I chose to use a faux natural color pallet with a dynamic formula to bring out some depth.   I used very little sharpening, and a lot of integration time to bring out the fine details.

Hope you like it.

CS JD

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