Nicholas Clarke of Cohuna, Victoria, Australia

IC 2948 is a reflection and emission nebula in Centauri, more popularly known as the Running Chicken Nebula, associated with the open cluster IC 2944. This crop of the nebula highlights the Bok globules in the upper center: dense clouds of gas that They serve as stellar nurseries. The image represents 70 hours of data with a range of 17 inches.