CED 116,IC 2872, GUM 40, CDK24

CED 116, GUM 40,IC 2872

CED 116 includes GUM 39 and GUM 40 also known as Gum IC 2872 is an emission nebulae in the southern Centaurus constellation.
GUM 40, IC 2872 pictured here is also a part of the Running Chicken nebula complex, about 6.500 light years from earth, and correspond to the feathers behind the ‘head’ of the ‘chicken’.  GUM 40, IC 2872 is the brightest part of the large diffuse nebula.  IC 2872 has two or three bright lobes, perhaps defined (as in the Trifid Nebula) by dust lanes. It has the appearance of a nuclear explosion of a key hole depending on your perspective. The link https://andysastro.com/2019/02/20/stars-gas-of-the-running-chicken-nebula/  shows the entire running chicken nebula and GUN 40 is located on the top, left behind the head GUM 39. The image is a true color L,RGB image with the addition of narrowband Hydrogen alpha imaging shown in its natural color of red to add detail to the image.  The image was taken with a 24″ Planewave telescope in Rio Hurtado Chile at a reduced focal ration of f 4.3 giving it a larger field of view.