Set the Controls for the Heart of the Chicken (Brian Boyle)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Centaurus (Cen) · Contains: IC 2944 · IC 2948 · The star λ Cen · lam Cen · lam Cen Nebula · lambda Cen nebula

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Set the Controls for the Heart of the Chicken

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A bittersweet image for me. After three years and over 100 images posted to AB using this scope, my trusty GSO RC8 is coming off the mount. It is making way for its large sibling, the GSO RC12.

Like all long friendships, we have great times, and some challenging times. Collimation - until I discovered the Takahashi collimator. Pixel scale - until I was happy to bin [4500 x 3000 pix is still plenty] and field curvature [until I bought the TS 1.0x field flattener, and gave up on focal reducing optics.]

As a fitting send off I chose the Running Chicken Nebula, bright but with wonderful range of structures in its centre. The image was taken in a slightly modified SHO palette, and I tried not to overdo things too much with saturation or sharpening. I could have pushed for more HSO data, or attempted a mosaic to give a larger field.

Call me sentimental, but I wanted to remember that one last perfect night we had together. A dignified quit exit for an old friend, now looking for a new home.

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Description: Used first light from my RC12 to complete the Chicken. Thought it an appropriate way to hand over the baton.

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RA (center)	11h37m25s.985
RA (top/left)	11h32m34s.548
RA (top/right)	11h32m20s.405
RA (bottom/right)	11h42m28s.986
RA (bottom/left)	11h42m19s.596

Dec (center)	-63°14′27″.77
Dec (top/left)	-62°40′24″.79
Dec (top/right)	-63°47′34″.90
Dec (bottom/right)	-63°47′52″.81
Dec (bottom/left)	-62°40′43″.72

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