IC 2944/2948 Heart of the Running Chicken Nebula

IC 2944/2948 (catalogued twice)

Heart of the Running Chicken nebula

Open cluster and associated emission nebula in the southern constellation of Centaurus. Spanning about 100ly at the distance of approx. 6000 light years from earth. Dark molecular clouds (Bok globules) can be seen towards the center of the nebula.

Insta

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Astrobin

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The image is a SHO (hubble palette) combination of about 11hrs of integrated data

Ha - 24 x 900s

Oiii - 17 x 600s

Sii - 16 x 600s

All subs at gain 111, -10°C, bin 2x2

Gear

HEQ5 Pro, 6in reflector, ASI183MM Pro Cooled (imaging), ASI120MM mini (guiding), Baader Mpcc mkiii coma corrector, ASIAir Pro, Optolong Ha 7nm, Optolong Oiii 6.5nm, Optolong Sii 6.5nm, ZWO EAF, ZWO filter drawer.

 

Location: Perth, Western Australia

January, 2021

Done