Wednesday 16 May 2012

Red Rooster

We've had some pretty clear nights with good seeing lately, so I've been up all hours gathering as many photons as I can. This is IC2944, the Running Chicken Nebula, in the constellation of Centaurus. The name comes from the small dark part at the top right looks like a chicken running upside down around that curved brighter nebulosity. Don't worry if you can't see it. Took me 18 months to see it. IC2944 Running Chicken Nebula

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