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      Core of the Running Chicken Nebula
      Wallpaper author:
      Alan Daly

      19 Jul 2026

      Core of the Running Chicken Nebula

      IC 2948, the bright core of the Running Chicken Nebula. It is in the constellation Centaurus, approximately 6,500 light-years from Earth.

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      IC 2948

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      CHI-1-CCD

      Core of the Running Chicken Nebula