Well, got my first look at some PN's tonight... WOW!!
Finally set up my Argo properly (had the wrong number of encoder steps set) and had a look at the dumbbell and Saturn nebs through my 13mm EP.
Dumbbell was pretty impressive, a lot larger than I thought it would be. Made out some slight bulging which I assume gives it it's name, couldn't make out any colour though.
Saturn neb was brilliantly blue with a nice round shape, I guess it's supposed to have a bulge which looks like a disk which gives it it's name, but if it did, I couldn't make it out. There was some slight fuzziness to it which I originally thought meant it was out of focus, but the surrounding stars were crisp and clear, so I guess that's just how it's meant to look
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Also tried to find the helix and bubble nebs, but I've got a lot of LP to the south, so I couldn't make them out, and the blue planetary had dropped behind my shed by the time I got set up.
Great nights observing, thanks again for the pointers.
Davin