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Okay, viewing in So-Cal around 10pm or 11pm. I think I was around
Pupis but could be way off, I was very tired. Anyway looking at a
open cluster that I spotted with naked eyes (Faint fuzzy seeing about
6+), view binocs looked pretty sharp. Put the 8" SCT on her, and I
could see an VERY tight open cluster with a planetary nebula in it, it
didn't look like diffuse nebula but I am no expert. Anybody know what
object this is?

Congratulations on seeing the ring. I observed M46 several times without
ever seeing it till somebody said to me, "Did you know there's a planetary
in M46?" I guess sometimes we (I have a mouse in my pocket) only see what we
are looking for.