Looks like I will be the first one yet again. This is a very nice edge on galaxy and it does show some mottling in a 6" at moderate magnifications from dark sky sites. It is also not a very difficult galaxy to pick up from the burbs (mag limit approx) if you use the correct magnifications to "concentrate" its light. I have seen it in my tripod mounted 15x70 binocs (from my suburban balcony) and it looks nice, abeit dim in the Orion 80ST at low powers. In fact from the burbs this galaxy actually looks better in my small scopes that in the 6"! Also edge on's tend to have the illusion of the galaxy going on forever when you get to the ends. NICE! See my sketch at:
http://www.geocities.com/dhumpie/dastro/4945.jpg
Darren