Wallpaper author:
Sean Davis
03 Jun 2021
IC2948 Core of the Running Chicken
IC2948, also known as the Running Chicken Nebula, is a bright emission nebula that is home to several "Bok Globules" which are concentrated small dark nebulae consisting of mostly hydrogen and helium gases. This image was created using several one click observations totaling around 4hrs of integration time.
Dataset from which the image was processed
IC 2948
11 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 174.5 Dec -63.5333
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................22 Mar 2021 - 15 Jun 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SII | 619 | 5h20m | 31 |
| Halpha | 600 | 5h10m | 31 |
| OIII | 580 | 4h50m | 30 |