IC 2948
Located 7 degrees southeast of the famous Eta Carinae nebula, this bright nebula around lambda Centauri (the bright 3rd magnitude star near the center) is often overlooked, although it is a splendid object by itself. Embedded in the nebula lies the open cluster IC 2944. The smaller nebulae to the right are RCW 60 (=Gum 39, top) and RCW 61 (=Gum 41, bottom). This object is sometimes dubbed the "Running Chicken" nebula (where RCW 60 in the top right corner depicts the chicken's head and beak). |
Instrument | : | Vixen R200SS 8" f/4 Newtonian with coma corrector |
Mount | : | Vixen Super Polaris DX |
Guiding | : | ST-4 autoguider |
Film | : | Kodak PJ400 |
Date | : | 21 Feb. 2002 |
00:54 - 01:26 UTC | ||
01:42 - 02:08 UTC | ||
02:18 - 02:46 UTC | ||
Site | : | Farm road near Garies, Northern Cape Province, South Africa |
Image # | : | 2002-03/02...04 (3 image stack) |
Remarks | : | Clouds forced me to cut short exposures #2 and 3. |