Hi All,
More details later -- just got home from Bargo and it is about 6am. Can report a positive sighting of the jet from Z Canis Majoris confirmed by three other observers (1x very experienced, 1x moderately experienced, 1x beginner-moderately experienced).
x317 unfiltered was best. Suspected at x185. x247 difficult but not overly so averted vision essential. Best at x317 -- still A.V. Any filter kills it stone dead. Suspect minimum aperture will be in the 14-16" range. Very LSB and small but definite. Z Cma despite the spectral classification, seems weakly yellowish at x247. Seeing 6/10. SQM-L = 21.22
Happy boy! Suspect I may be the first southern hemisphere observer to detect it visually
Best,
Les D