Last new moon I tried the shells of the Nova DQ Her. Without expecting to see something, I got the first pop with 172x as a very small glow around the central star. With higher magnification between 293x and 419x I saw a slightly oval glow, which shows better defined short SE edge and the longer SW edge. Filters don't bring any success. Observation was at the limit of perception but I gave it a positive result.

I'm just curious if someone in the forum already tried this nebula and what the results were.

sketch: 27", 293x-419x, seeing II-III, NELM 6m5+
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