IC2944/8 The Running Chicken
IC2944/8 The Running Chicken, by David Trotter.

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David Trotter
Sydney, Australia
Captured with an Sbig sTL6303e self guiding CCD using Astrodon narrow Band filters on the back of a Takahashi FSQ106n mounted on an AP900 Equatorial mount
IC2948,the Lambda Centauri nebula in the constellation of centaurus, aka the Running Chicken. This is a wide field view and at the center there is the star cluster IC2944 which also shows Bok Globules, concentrations of dust which contain enough matter to form many stars.
Imaged using narrow band filters as a first light for a new scope
2017-02-23T00:00:00