Last Tuesday night at Dino, I returned to an old friend, the cluster and nebula NGC 2467 in Puppis, and was rewarded with a gorgeous new view. Located about 2/3 of the distance on a line from Aduleta (the tail star in Canis Major) to Rho Puppis (the bow star) it is an easy find. This object has been a personal favorite of mine since I happened upon it with my 8" three winters ago. It is very bright and I'm surprised it isn't more well known. I liken it to the a smaller, less sophisticated country cousin of the Lagoon with its small tight cluster of brightish stars and large round bright nebula. A great view unadulterated, using an OIII brings out a bit more sophistication, tendrils of intertwining gas and dark dust on the leading edge and a wisp of nebula around much of the border. Take a look in March if you get a chance, I'd love to hear what you think. It is fairly low with a -26 deg DEC and transits around 8 pm new moon in March.
Now the question part. Trailing the bright nebula by 20' is a large narrow band (~6'x20) of nebulosity that is crimped to a small 1' bridge in the middle. James T. likened it to a butterfly or tulip. The object doesn't appear in any of the pictures I searched for (outside the FOV) and isn't in any of my maps (HB, Starry Night, The Sky). Completely invisible w/o the OIII and initially requiring averted vision to pin down. Does anyone know anything about this? If you observe it in March or April please let me know.