Hydrogen Alpha
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HaOIIILRGB
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SIIHaOIII
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| Catalogue and alternative designations | IC
2948, Running Chicken
Nebula
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| Type | Emission Nebula |
| Position | 11 38.8, -63 32 |
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Camera and Telescope | STXL6303E and 36.8 cm Ritchey Chretien |
| Focal Ratio | F9 |
| Exposure Details | 270 minutes Hydrogen Alpha, 170 minutes luminance, 110 minutes red, 90 minutes green, 100 minutes blue, 400 minutes OIII, 440 minutes SII all using Astrodon series 2 filters and binned 1x1 |
| Description | This
is a large faint emission nebula
to the south-east of the star
Lambda Centauri.
The prominent group of Bok
globules at the top are known as
the Thackeray globules after the
astronomer who discovered them
in 1950.
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