Thanks Glenn, I'll write those objects down.
I should add I didn't make out the shape of the cone itself - just darkness in the area which i took to be nebulosity. Perhaps this is rare for a 12? But i guess im privelaged to be living under a very dark sky.
By the way, should the crab be easily picked out? I found two planetary nebula, and yet saw no trace of it?
Will invest in a filter when my bank account recovers from the dob attack
