Wallpaper author:
    Alan Daly

    03 Jul 2026

    The Running Chicken Nebula

    IC 2944, also known as the Running Chicken Nebula, is a bright H II region and open cluster in the constellation Centaurus, approximately 6,500 light years from Earth.

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    RCW 62

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    The Running Chicken Nebula