Excellent report Dana!
I've had a few goes at it with a small scope but no luck. Here's a link to the thread I put up - if you scroll down to reply #9 you can read Les Dalrymple's description of E3.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=74871
Mind you, I'm still waiting for that happy conjunction of perfect dark skies and perfect dark-adaptation...
Cheers -