Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  IC 2872  ·  IC 2944  ·  IC 2948  ·  The star λ Cen  ·  lam Cen Nebula
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IC 2948 - Running Chicken, BrettD
IC 2948 - Running Chicken
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IC 2948 - Running Chicken

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IC 2948 - Running Chicken

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Here is the Lambda Centauri Nebula (IC 2948) - also known as the Running Chicken (although I can't see a chicken in this image .. running or otherwise),

It's a vast nebula roughly 6,300 light-years away from earth, and if you zoom in, you will see this nebula harbours many dark clumps known as Bok globules appearing as dark silhouettes against the illuminated gas.

Captured over several nights, with narrow band filters to create an SHO image, with unfiltered data for natural stars

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Title: portrait

Description: Rotated 90 degrees - and a slight saturation bump

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IC 2948 - Running Chicken, BrettD

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