The Californian Nebula

[Tiki]

I thought I caught a tiny glimpse of this on an exceptional night with a TV101/ Lumicon UHC/ (probably) 24mm panoptic combination from my back garden about 3 years ago. I haven't been able to repeat this since. Was this sighting a figment of my imagination?

To give an idea of my back garden observing conditions, I can just about make out M31 naked eye direct vision when the transparency is excellent.

[jetstream]

I just got my UHC, I'll try it with my 90mm and the ES 30mm 82. That's if the sky holds, should be interesting.