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Originally Posted by PaulSthcoast
Hi Andrew.
Official names are :
Hen 2-72, PLN 294-0.1, ESO 129-29
Reported by Dorrit Hoffleit in 1953.
The Astronomical Catalogue Designations
place Ha omitting stars and planetary nebula
under the HEN catalogue.
And now we know why it's called
The Running Chicken.
Paul.
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That's really interesting regarding the Hen catalogue.
Google & Astrobin search return almost no images.. hmm. Possible photo op for guys with long focal length scopes.
Thanks for clarifying.