Running Chicken/Bat/Lambda Centauri Nebula

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

Imaged with an ED 80 on a CG5 autoguided mount with a modified Canon 300D and an Astronomik H alpha (13 nm) filter, here is IC 2944/2948

I imaged this object last Saturday( ie 5 May) from my backyard in light polluted Winston Hills-when there was plenty of moon around, but as Scott (tornado33) has shown H alpha filters can overcome bright moonlight and light pollution.


Only just processed...

I didn't get nearly as much exposure as I'd have hoped for-thanks to a lap top that crashed three or four times with resultant data loss so this is only 30 minutes worth at ISO 1600

comments and suggestions welcome.

I will try and combine with some colour data I combined last month by and by.

larger version available at:


http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...6043817&size=o

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Very nice Narayan, nice and ghostly.

But I still fail to see any running chicken in this neb. I've never been able to see anything that even resembles a chicken.

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

try "bat nebula" ????

[Ric]

Fantastic image, I never cease to be amazed and impressed by Ha imaging.

Cheers

[iceman (Mike)]

That's amazing Narayan! Very well done!

[RB (Andrew)]

Wow, you've done a fantastic job Narayan.
That's a beauty.

[matt]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

But I still fail to see any running chicken in this neb. I've never been able to see anything that even resembles a chicken.

Me neither, Ken

Nice image, anyway.

[atalas]

Very nice Narayan! flip the vertical and you'll see the running chicken .

[Dr Nick (Nick)]

Looks good, I too however can not resemble any part of that to a chicken or a bat...

[Dr Nick (Nick)]

Just so I dont look completely silly, I might point out that mine and Louies
most recent posts were made at the same time.
Now just to hang up-side-down from the ceiling...

Oo, I think I see it!

[tornado33]

yes thats very impressive, I can clearly see the Thackarays Globules, dark spots in the nebula. Yes the H alpha filters are amazing for cutting through light pollution.
Scott

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

Originally Posted by tornado33

I can clearly see the Thackarays Globules, dark spots in the nebula.

yes I have been fascinated ever since I came across this famous image which I guess most people are familiar with

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/arc...02/01/image/a/

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

well I found some RGB data I had collected in March-6 x 400 seconds each at ISO 200 to add to the H alpha data and this is the outcome

a larger version is available at

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...9425950&size=o

your comments and suggestions are most welcome