Sharpless 302/VDB97/Bochum 5
The "Snow Man Nebula"
Splashy Open Cluster with nebulosity in Puppis

 

            
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 A
            dim but intruiging grouping of three objects and some very colorful
            star pairings. Sharpless 302, located about 15 degrees south
            of the Rosette nebula is the large red object in the field, with
            a large dust lane on the left side separating it from Van Den
            Berg 97. The blue nebula on the nebulas upper left (south) edge
            around a 10.4 magnitude star was not labeled in Megastar. The
            central open cluster here is Bochum5 - a 7th magnitude object
            which is very sparse. At the bottom of the field is a nice colored
            tripple grouping consisting of two blue and one golden K star.
Optics:  12.5" f/5 Newtonian  - Lumicon Coma Corrector
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200
Camera:  Hutech Modified Canon XTi @ ISO800
Exposure:  3 x 5m
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  8/10, Transparency 8/10  
Outside Temperature:  45F
Processing Tools:  Photoshop CS2, Images Plus 3.82
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