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IC 2944
IC 2944 — Running Chicken Nebula
Emission Nebula
· CentaurusIntermediate
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Target information
- Object type
- Emission Nebula
- Constellation
- Centaurus
- Right ascension
- 11h 36m 36s
- Declination
- -63° 01′ 59″
- Magnitude
- 4.5
- Angular size
- 75′ × 55′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Best months
- Feb-May
- Catalog IDs
- IC 2944
About this target
Contains Thackeray globules; dimensions reflect the broad imaging complex.
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