IC2944 - The running chicken nebula in Centaurs
IC2944 in located in the constellation of Centaurus. IC 2944 is also known as the Running Chicken Nebula is actually an open cluster with an associated emission nebula. The bright star in the picture is Lambda Centauri.
The dark spots in the above picture are not photographic defects but an unusual type of interstellar cloud known as a Bok globule. Bok globules, named after astronomer Bart Bok who studied them extensively, are small dark clouds made of gas and dust that are typically condensing to form a star or stars.
Photo Details
Telescope: TS906 APO f5
Camera: Asi1600MMC-p
Mount: HEQ5
Guiding: Off-axis Lodestar
Exposure: H S O3 5,4,4x10min each, Unity Gain
When: June 2019
Other information: South Africa RPA Bateleur short session
Photo Details
Telescope: Sky90f4.5
Camera: Asi1600MMC-p
Mount: HEQ5
Guiding: Off-axis Lodestar
Exposure: H S O3 12,10,12 x5 min each, Unity Gain
When: June 2018
Other information: South Africa RPA Bateleur
Photo Details
Telescope: FSQ106EDX (530 mm) Takahashi
Camera: Sbig ST-8300M, Sbig Filter wheel, Baader 36mm round HLRGB filters
Mount: Losmandy G-11 Celestron branded
Guiding: Off-axis Orion SS Autoguider
Exposure: LRGB L 10x1200sec, R 10x480sec, G 9x480sec, B 9x480sec
When: Tivoli Farm, Namibia, June 2013
Other information: very good transparency, very good seeing