I had a long history of not seeing Hind's Variable Nebula in my own scopes, having barely seen it only once in a 40 inch about 20 years ago. I finally had a positive observation with my 28 inch scope on February 10, 2005 - exactly 13 years ago tonight!
"At Last! I've finally seen this nasty little nebula in a scope smaller than Steve Swayze's old 40 inch. This is a faint, vague glow that's invisible at low power. It floats into view at 253x and 297x, with both powers giving similar views in this soft seeing, but I suspect 297x would give the best view in steady seeing. Hooray!"
I haven't tried another observation since then, so it's time to have another look.
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