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The Chicken Head
IC 2872 - Nebula in Centaurus
Altitude: -26.3° Azimuth: 192.9° Direction: South-South-West
Gum 39 and IC 2872 (or Gum 40) are 2 emission nebulae in the southern Centaurus constellation. Both nebulae are part of the Running Chicken nebula complex, IC2872 is referred to as the head of the chicken, about 6.500 light years from earth,’
IC 2872 is the brightest part of the large diffuse nebula. IC 2872 has two or three bright lobes, perhaps defined (as in the Trifid Nebula) by dust lanes.
5hrs data under full moon captured 28-29/1/24 stacked and Processed SIRIL and PS
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