I went to Coe last night and stayed until around 3:30am. The overflow parking lot was locked again, so I set up the 254mm SCT at the parking lot near the entrance. The limiting magnitude was at least 5.5 and M31 was easily visible with the naked eye. It was the first time I actually could easily see M1 and truly recognize it. M82 showed an obvious dust lane about in the middle. M42 had too much detail to describe, the trapezium components E and F were easily visible.
My object for the night, NGC 7662 (Blue snowball, Caldwell 22, in Andromeda) looked to me like a ball with a brighter inner ring. I did not see a central star, but one close to it (distance about the same as the size of the disc) and with averted vision two other nearby stars popped up. I don't know their magnitude, but you can see the three I mean here.
