IC 2944, The Running Chicken Nebula + Logan Carpenter + SHO 7/6.5nm
IC 2944, The Running Chicken Nebula ( or Krumm from Aaahh!! Real Monsters)
Credit: Logan Carpenter (New Zealand)
Filters: Optolong SHO 7/6.5nm narrow band filters
IC 2944 or The Running Chicken Nebula (um... really?) or Krumm from Aahh!! Real Monsters, a somewhat creepy looking cartoon my sons used to watch.
Ok so this Krumm looks like it has three eyes but it looks more like Krumm than any chicken I have seen running around.
IC 2944, also known as the Running Chicken Nebula, the Lambda Centauri Nebula or the λ Centauri Nebula, is an open cluster with an associated emission nebula found in the constellation Centaurus.
It features Bok globules which are frequently a site of active star formation. However, no evidence for star formation has been found in any of the globules in IC 2944.
It's been a while since I chased down the fleeing poultry for an imaging session so thought it was time to revisit the coop.
However, from now on it will always look like Krumm to me.
►Equipment
Imaging Telescopes Or Lensesl William Optics Redcat 51
Imaging Camerasl ZWO ASI533MM Pro
Mounts: ZWO AM5
Filters:
Optolong H-alpha 7nm 1.25" · Optolong OIII 6.5nm 1.25" · Optolong SII 6.5nm 1.25"
Accessories
ZWO ASIAIR Pro · ZWO EAF · ZWO EFW 8 x 1.25″ / 31mm
Software
Adobe Photoshop · Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2 · Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · ZWO ASIAIR
Acquisition details
►Frames:
Optolong H-alpha 7nm 1.25": 57×600″(9h 30′)
Optolong OIII 6.5nm 1.25": 30×600″(5h)
Optolong SII 6.5nm 1.25": 38×600″(6h 20′)
Integration: 20h 50′
RA center: 11h34m20s.84
DEC center: -63°11′48″.4
Pixel scale: 2.059 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: -91.590 degrees
Field radius: 1.652 degrees
WCS transformation: thin plate spline
More info:Open
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Resolution: 4397x3748
File size: 15.3 MB
Locations: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Data source: Backyard
Hope you like it.