RCW 62 Running Chicken

This is the body part of the Running Chicken Nebula, also known as IC 2944, RCW 62 and Gum 42. Lambda Centaurus is the bright star in the upper left of the image and is actually much closer to us then the Nebula.

Camera	STL-11000M	Scope	AT12 IN
Mount	Paramount ME	Guiding	5 Sec Selfguide
Exposure	18*10 mins = 180 mins = 3:00 Ha	Location	Donvale
Date	2017-03-07