The area of nebulosity surrounding the bright star, Lambda Centauri, is generally known as the "Running Chicken Nebula". For this image I decided to make a feature of Lambda Centauri by placing it in the centre of the field. I think that it makes for a nice contrast between the blue/white star and the rich area of red and glowing nebulosity surrounding it. Also captured in this image is the planetary nebula PK294-00.1 which is lurking in the bottom right hand corner.
During the capture of data for this image, I was also running simultaneous data acquisition project with a Canon 60Da piggy backed on top of the TSA120/QSI camera combination. See this post here for the 60Da image.
Bok Bok Bok Bok, maybe that’s why it got it’s name
Nice coloured stars, plenty of depth, interesting framing, 20 plus hours under bortle 3….. good stuff
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Originally Posted by Andy01
I like this orientation Rodney, looks one of Darwin's jumping crocs with Lambda cent as it's eyeball!
Well seen & processed too, nice one.
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Originally Posted by matlud
Really great image Rodney 👍 Great processing and a very nice palette.
Thanks everyone, there are definitely many shapes to be gleaned from peering into the depths of the image. Thanks Clive for the alternative explanation for the Running Chicken. Bok Globules are the key