Campbell's Hydrogen Star

As astronomical twilight was beginning yesterday morning I stumbled across Campbell's Hydrogen Star in Cygnus on the chart in Keppler and Sanner's, "Night Sky Observer's Guide" and tried to find it. I was using the 20 inch Starmaster. I did not locate it. Fatigue and the onset of twilight may have been a factor in my failure to locate it. A cursory search on the web indicates that this object may be enhanced by the use of an H-beta filter. I am interested in observations made by others of this object. Did you find an H-beta filter useful? How subtle is this object? Thanks for the help.

Kim,
I have also tried to find this one without success (and considerably smaller aperture). I tried to spot it by its colour, but there are so many stars in the field and I didn't figure out any smart star hops.

Inge S

BTW, there may be a problem with the NSOG image.

From a post on sci.astro.amateur:

"Beware: the photograph of the Hydrogen Star in NSOG is flipped. (N is down but W is to the right instead of to the left, contrary to what the one-sided arrow head suggests.)"

Dave Mitsky

Hello there Kim,

According to the RASC Deep Sky Challenge Object list, the Campbell Hydrogen Star (also known as PK 64+5.1) needs an 8" aperture. Well, I saw it with my 4-inch TV-102 Light Cup at my old dark sky home. It's really teeny and need lots of magnification. I too wished I had an H-Beta filter at the time. Suggestion: a good detailed star chart is vital to success.
http://www.cloudynights.com/observe/ronbee/DSO/080502.html

Ron B[ee]