NGC 2452 & 2453, Puppis

I turned the scope to the southerly declinations of Puppis for these interesting and glorious full-colour shots of the cluster and planetary nebula NGC 2452 & 3, respectively. Being near the milky way there are some beautiful star patterns, and a deep orange star on the right. The cluster looks like a backwards lambda to me and the planetary is a tiny or distant little pair of blue lobes.