M108

I was star hopping my way to the Owl nebula and I noticed M108 in the same field. Neither of these have I seen before, my scopes were too small. I did notice what I thought was a foreground star in front of M108. Is it? I don't have any reference to refer to. Could it be a nova in M108? I can't beleive that it would go unnoticed, I saw this two weekendes ago.
I have very little experience with M objects in general. I'm sure someone could check this out, it might be too late anyway.

Scott

Hi Scott,
There is a foreground star, fairly bright, just off center to one side. There are also two or three smaller foreground stars.

Scott Anderson said:

I was star hopping my way to the Owl nebula and I noticed M108 in the same field. Neither of these have I seen before, my scopes were too small.

Don't be too sure...I've easily seen both in an ETX 60 on a decent night from a fair site.