IC 2944 is known at the Running Chicken Nebula (though here it more resembles a resting llama).
This huge molecular cloud in the constellation Centaurus includes one of the largest collections of Bok (or Thackeray) globules in the southern skies, the inky black patches of dust and gas in the center of IC 2944, that in some cases appear to be collapsing to form new stars. Captured with a Takahashi FSQ-85 scope and QSI 583wsg camera; 4.5 hours through an Astrodon 5 nm hydrogen-alpha filter that admits a narrow wavelength of light emitted by ionized hydrogen.
Imaged at Hacienda Los Andes, near Cerro Tololo, in northern Chile on 15 January. See http://www.haciendalosandes.com/en/astronomy.html