File:IC 2944, Nicknamed the Running Chicken Nebula.jpg

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Image title	This new image from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope shows the Running Chicken Nebula, a cloud of gas and newborn stars that lies around 6500 light-years away from us in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur). Officially called IC 2944, or the Lambda Centauri Nebula, its strange nickname comes from the bird-like shape of its brightest region. The star Lambda Centauri itself lies just outside the field of view.
Source	European Southern Observatory
Credit/Provider	ESO
Short title	IC 2944, Nicknamed the Running Chicken Nebula
Usage terms	Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
Date and time of data generation	12:00, 21 September 2011
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Height	7,763 px
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Image width	8,579 px
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Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
Date and time of digitizing	05:53, 8 July 2011
Date metadata was last modified	12:54, 14 September 2011
Unique ID of original document	uuid:26F4B4E372A8E011A74CEFE1015DC83C
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Keywords	IC 2944
Contact information	http://www.eso.org/ Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2 Garching bei München, , D-85748 Germany