
Running Chicken Nebula: Located in the constellation of Centaurus this huge emission nebula is a tremendous star cradle, where stars of different sizes are continously born. Unfortunately it is quite faint and can be hardly observed from the Northern Hemisphere. Running Chicken seems to fit, although the head is a bit detached from the rest of the body.Here is another image with a more extended field of view taken with the QHY8 camera.
Object |
Running Chicken Nebula |
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Catagory |
Nebulae |
Designation |
IC 2944 |
Constellation |
Centaurus |
Optics |
TMB 130 f/6 with Field Flattener |
Camera |
SBIG STL 11000M with internal CFW 5 |
Exposure |
5 x 20min Baader H-alpha filter, 5x10min each Astrodon True Balance RGB filters. Maxim DL for image acquisition |
Calibration |
Dark and Flat Frame |
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Guiding |
Selfguiding |
Mount |
Astro-Physics 900 GTO |
Processing |
Maxim DL5, Photoshop. Color Code L(H-alpha), R(H-alpha/R),G,B |
Location, Date |
Somerset West, South Africa - 13+15 Feb 2009 |
Remark |