Many thanks.
Id be lost without Pauls excellent Star Atlas pro software, with which I generated finder charts. The red rectangle outlines the actual field I will get with my camera and telescope, so I composed it by putting the brightest stars visible as they appear in the field. A few short exposures to verify I was on target and I was ready to go
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Sky conditions were very good, and as my scope will be down while the mirror gets recoated I thought I may as well go "very deep" to see how things go.
Yes the Blue Planetary can be tough to find, sometimes ive really struggled to find it myself. Scott