600/800mm - 24" (8/12/18): at 260x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated SW-NE, ~40" diameter, diffuse with no concentration, low surface brightness. A mag 12 star at the southeast edge [of the core] probably overpowers the very low surface brightness outer halo, which was not seen. Situated in a rich Lyra star field with a mag 12 star 30" NE of center, a mag 10.7 star 1.6' NW and numerous nearby 13th magnitude stars. A mag 10.3/10.9 pair at 8" separation (MLB 468) is 5' NNE and a mag 5.5 star (HD 178233) is 23' S.