(IAAC) Flaming Star nebula - an IAAC challenge!

[Lew Gramer]

Below is a link to a wonderful image of the central region of AUR by an
amateur in South Florida, USA. I see that frequent IAAC contributor Stephane
Meloche has attempted to see the Flaming Star nebula (IC405) in binoculars:

  http://www.visualdeepsky.org/netastrocatalog/msg04618.html

but was not successful. Surely others have some visual logs of this object, or
some of the other (still fainter) features that haunt this region? Please
share them with us! And mean time, clear skies and a Happy New Year to all.

Lew Gramer
owner at visualdeepsky.org