Sharpless 297

This object is also known as LBN 1039 and Gum 3. It is located about 1.5 degrees south of the Seagull Nebula Gum 1 and about 6 degrees from Sirius. It was my last data set from 2007 (taken Dec 15). A full size image and exposure / processing details are at:

http://jthommes.com/Astro/SH2-297.htm
(be sure to click on the image for full size)

C8 (203mm) at f/4.2
Artemis285 (Ha, RGB filters)
G11/Gemini
Guiding WO Megrez II at 1350 mm FL, DSI Pro, K3CCDTools

Ha:R:G:B >> 72:16:16:16

Neat object Jim, not familiar with it at all, thanks for sharing.

Beautiful color, Jim!

Tom

Great job Jim.

This one is new to me, too, Jim, but it looks like you've integrated the color nicely.

dan

Nice shot of a cool object, Jim! The bright object reminds me a lot of the Seagull's head.

Eric

Hi Jim,

Another great image of a lesser imaged object!

I like your processing on this one a lot,nice star colors and very natural looking.

Jason

Thanks all for your comments.

Eric. It does look a little like the seagull's head. Here is an image I recently did on that. The image scale is about the same, so the seagull head has a larger apparent size

http://jthommes.com/Astro/IC2177(Closeup).htm