The Running Chicken Feet
RCW 61
The planetary nebula RCW61 forms the feet of the Running Chicken nebula complex (IC 2944, IC 2948) in Centaurus. RCW61 is ionised by three O9 giant stars: HD 100099 (O9 III), CD -62 535 (O9 II) and HD 100444 (O9 II), as well as three B-class stars.
La nébuleuse planétaire RCW61 forme les pieds du complexe de la nébuleuse du Poulet qui Court (IC 2944, IC 2948) dans la constellarion du Centaure. RCW61 est ionisée par trois étoiles géantes O9 : HD 100099 (O9 III), CD -62 535 (O9 II) et HD 100444 (O9 II), ainsi que trois étoiles de classe B.
TECHNICAL DATA
ACQUISITION DETAILS
OPTICS Planewave CDK17 @ F/6.8
CAMERA SBIG STXL-11002 (AOX)
MOUNT Paramount ME
FILTERS Ha, OIII, R, G, B
LOCATION El Sauce Observatory, Rio Hurtado, Chile
DATE May 2020
EXPOSURES 18 hours (Ha 23 x 1800 sec, OIII 20 x 1800 sec, R 8 x 1200 sec, G 8 x 1200 sec, B 8 x 1200 sec)
PROCESSING SOFTWARE Pixinsight, CCDstack, Photoshop
COPYRIGHTS Martin Pugh & Nicolas Rolland
TARGET DETAILS
RA 11h 29m 33.6s
DEC -53° 48' 31.5"
SIZE 41.3 x 27.5 deg
ORIENTATION Up is 110 degrees E of N
CONSTELLATION Centaurus