IC 2944, IC 2948 - Lambda Centauri Cluster and Running Chicken Nebula in the constellation Centaurus

[MikeODay]

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

[laudropb]

Very nice image.

[MikeODay]

1 hour ago, laudropb said:

Very nice image.

Thanks.

[kendg]

Great image. Just shows the imagination when astronomers name things 

[MikeODay]

Thanks Ken.

[beka]

On 3/30/2016 at 16:47, kendg said:

Great image. Just shows the imagination when astronomers name things 

So you found the chicken? 

[MikeODay]

20 hours ago, beka said:

So you found the chicken? 

Well, not so much in that image... but in this one I think I caught him getting ready to cross whatever it is that astro-chickens cross.

 

[beka]

On 4/1/2016 at 13:29, mike005 said:

Well, not so much in that image... but in this one I think I caught him getting ready to cross whatever it is that astro-chickens cross.

 

Yes I see it now, I think it is a male chicken, or should I not be telling...

Edited April 2, 2016 by beka

[MikeODay]

14 hours ago, beka said:

Yes I see it now, I think it is a male chicken, or should I not be telling...

Ahem, I think that is his foot ...

[swag72]

Love that second image - It's great to see southern hemisphere objects  Thanks!!

[MikeODay]

4 hours ago, swag72 said:

Love that second image - It's great to see southern hemisphere objects  Thanks!!

Thanks Sara, much appreciated.

Cheers

Mike