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Michael A. Stecker
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IC 2948/44
IC 2948 (Running Chicken Nebula) is a 66' x 42'emission nebula located at RA 11 hrs, 37 minutes, Dec.63.3 degrees South in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It is slightly larger than M8, but rarely photographed or seen in books. It surrounds open cluster IC 2944 and is approximately 7 degrees west of the Coal Sack . Several dark brown Bok Globules are seen within the nebula.
Photographic Data
Telescope: Astro-Physics 130 mm f/6 EDF refractor Camera: Nikon F2 (35 mm film) Film: hypersensitized Fujicolor HG 400 Exposure: one 45-minutes Co-ordinates: RA 11 hrs, 38 min and Declination -63 degrees Field of view: 1.25 x 1.0 degree. North is is up. Photographed from: Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, February, 1996 |
