Hello! Astronomy Picture of the Day - April 20th, 2020
Today's video is about IC 2944: The Running Chicken Nebula
To some, it looks like a giant chicken running across the sky
To others, it looks like a gaseous nebula where star formation takes place
Cataloged as IC 2944, the Running Chicken Nebula spans about 100 light years and lies about 6,000 light years away toward the constellation of the Centaur (Centaurus)
The featured image, shown in scientifically assigned colors, was captured recently in a 12-hour exposure
The star cluster Collinder 249 is visible embedded in the nebula's glowing gas
Although difficult to discern here, several dark molecular clouds with distinct shapes can be found inside the nebula
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