Wallpaper author:
Dale Smalley
16 May 2022
The Head of the Running Chicken
IC2872 and Gum39 form the head of the larger Running Chicken Nebula - I could never really see a chicken no matter how I squinted but I've found someone who can - check out this diagram https://pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/165229701
Dataset from which the image was processed
IC 2944
1 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 174.58333 Dec -63.37278
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................08 Mar 2020 - 08 Mar 2020
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 300 | 20m | 4 |
| SII | 300 | 20m | 4 |
| OIII | 300 | 20m | 4 |