IC 2944 – Running Chicken nebula

distance 6500 lightyears
total integration time30 minuten
2x 300 sec. red
2x 300 sec. green
2x 300 sec. blue
right ascension11h 36m 36.0s
declination−63° 02′ 00″
high resolution downloadRunningChicken.jpg
licencePublic Domain

IC 2944 – Running Chicken nebula. An open start cluster found in the constellation of Centaurus. It’s 6500 lightyears away from us.

Only 30 minutes total of H alpha, OIII and SII data from a remote telescope as at this time there are only clouds at night.