Wallpaper author:
Thomas Peter
25 Mar 2022
IC 2948 CHI-1 SHO
IC 2948, also known as The Running Chicken Nebula, is an emission nebula in the constellation Centaurus which also contains Bok Globules and an associated open cluster. It's around 6,500 light-years from Earth.
Hope ya like it!
Tom
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 |