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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:
In February, 1996 a single 60-minute
exposure was made through an Astrophysics 130 mm
f/6 EDF refractor with hypersensitized Fujicolor
HG 400 film (35 mm) from the Carnegie Las Campanas
Observatory in Chile. The nebula's center
is
at RA 11 hrs, 38 min and
Declination -63 degrees. The field
of view is 1.25 x 1.0
degree. North is is up. |
