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Inside the Running chicken nebula

2 panel mosaic showing the inner delicate parts of the "Running Chicken nebula" (IC2944) and the Bok globules.
Dark Bok globules absorb the light from their more luminous background.
These globules are potential sites for condensation of newborn stars.

Each frame:
Ha - 60 min (Bin 1)
O3,S2 20 min each (BIN 2)

Total of 200 mins

Imaged with the 16" f3.75 Dream Astrograph.
Apogee Alta U-16M camera.



Imaged from Tivoli farm in Namibia June 2014

Apogee USB/Net
full exif

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