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IC 2944 |
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Object description:
The open star cluster and emission nebula IC 2944/2948
are located southeast of the bright star lambda Centauri (at the upper edge of
the picture). The nebula is about 6500 light years away from the Earth and has
a diameter of 40 arcminutes in the sky. This results in a real diameter of
about 75 light years. The well-known Thackerey globules can be seen in the
inner part of the nebula.
An image of them with longer focal length was captured at
Rooisand observatory. There you will find also more information about these
Thackerey globules |
« Click here
or the thumbnail image left for a comparison with the size of the
Moon. |
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