IC 2944, IC 2948 - Lambda Centauri Cluster, Running Chicken Nebula in the constellation Centaurus by Mike O'Day ( 500px.com/MikeODay ).
Open cluster and emission nebula in the southern sky beside the 3rd magnitude star, Lambda Centauri.
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Details:
RA 11h 39m, Dec -63 deg 27'
Skywatcher Quattro 10" f4 Newtonian
Skywatcher AZ Eq6 GT Mount
Guiding: Orion Shortube 80 guidescope, Starshoot Autoguider, PHD2
Baader MPCC Mark 3 Coma Corrector..Nikon D300 (unmodified)
Field of view (deg) ~ 1.35 x 0.90
Stack of 39 x 30sec images @ ISO800
24 Apr2014 (one of my first ever attempts at Astro Photography )
Re processed with Pixinsight on 13 Mar 2016