IC2944 - The Running Chicken Nebula



About this image.

Quite hilarious actually.  I really didn't know what to expect as the examples available on the internet were all widefield.  Its not until I examined the frames, that the "chicken" was clearly visible.
 

                                          In Hydrogen Alfa              HA-SII-OIII (Full -2.4Mb)

   RGB 70% Size                              

Equipment

Telescope:                 12.5" Ritchey Chretien by RC Optical Systems
Mount:                      Paramount ME by Software Bisque
Instrument:               STL11000M CCD Camera by SBIG with AO-L

Exposure:                  This is an LRGB Image of exposures 120:60:60:60

Exposure NB:             HA:SII:OIII - 11:12:7 Hours
Capture Software:       CCDSOFT V5
Processing:                Maxim DL/CCD, Photoshop CS, CCDStack

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