Wide Field Running Chicken Nebula IC2944

6000 Light Years Distant

Image capture with APT(Astrophotography Tool) software of mosaic of 2 separate images, each separately 6x5 minute (30 minutes) exposures stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, merged in Photoshop, resulting combined image slightly enhanced in Nebulosity and then enhanced slightly again back in Photoshop.  Camera and Telescope is Canon 30D(Modified) and Skywatcher ED80 on EQ6 Mount, autoguiding with DSI C Camera and Orion Short Refractor with PHD(Push Here Dummy) Software, Telescope control with CDC(Cart du Ciel) Eqmod inteface with Ascom drivers