Ok I've been studying the Helix Neb over the last few nights. And I'm
interested to know how many stars you can see in the Helix neb,
foreground stars included. Also scope, ep's and powers used to make
your observations. Sketches _MUST_ accompany these observations, it
doesn't matter how crappy or basic or un-artistic you feel they are this
is not and artistic challange.

So far I have counted at least 12 with more than half of them fainter than
the central star. Which is estimated at a magnitude 13.4 and will post my
sketch over the next day or so.


regards,CS