After reading about NGC7293 in September Astronomy, I was excited to track it down. Last night after a painstaking path of star hopping with my 12" Dob, I finally came upon the proper field only to be disappointed with nothing visible. Granted, the sky was about 4.5 mag (using ursa minor) and the Helix Nebula was about the same distance above the horizon. So I spent 20 minutes under a shroud hoping that it would come into view. NADA! Jane Houston Jones in her article calls it a binocular object. Is this normal?
I Yam What I Yam!