In the Southern Constellation of Centaurus between the Southern Cross and the Carina Complex, lies this very large patch of emission nebula that gathers some very intriguing objects. The main structure in the center belongs to IC 2948 a bright region around Lambda Centauri (bright star middle right). Gum 41 looks like a kind of "open rose" on the top left. To the right the shapeless structure belong to IC 2872 and further right Gum 38. Because its location which is only two degrees from the Galactic Plane, the region is full of background stars.
Where is the Running Chicken Nebula ??
Australian Astro photographer Mike Sidonio explains where the shape comes from and places a nice plot of the Running Chicken in below link
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/135786665
Thanks Mike !!