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Object:
IC 2944, Lambda Centaurus Nebula (Running Chicken Nebula) in Centaurus
Notes:
This is an open cluster  with an associated emission nebula.  The Bok globules  or Thackeray´s Globules are visible in the center of the image.

This is a site of active star formation.

Date:
May 2009
Location:
Machalí, Rancagua
Telescope:
Televue NP 101is and Televue 0.8x reducer
Mount:
Astro-Physics  AP900GTO
Camera:
SBIG ST 2000 XM
Exposure Time:
2 hours (20min sub exposures) through Baader H-Alpha 6nm
 
 
       
 
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