Reverend
My guess is your expectations may be a little high as to what it will look like. In my 20" dob I couldn't see any colour, so you certainly won't. Also I reckon the halo that I could see was about 10' across, but i am picking up the fainter outer parts of the halo that 40mm bino objectives won't pick out.
Really what you are looking for is a "fuzzy" star when all the others look sharp, although Suzy may be able to give you a better handle on the image in binos similar to yours.
Cheers
Malcolm
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