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Just as a matter of interest I took my 4.5" f8 reflector out to see what I could see of interacting galaxies NGC 2207 & IC2163. In two words - not much! However after getting reasonably dark-adapted it was easy to see that there was a galaxy there. I had detailed charts but luckily I saw the galaxy before I had to go through the process of establishing the precise position in the FOV. Very faint and averted vision helped. At 43x I could see a roughly cigar-shaped object about 3' or so long in about P.A. 320. Nothing I could resolve into two galaxies though. Definitely a job for bigger aperture.
The Flame Nebula NGC 2024 looked quite nice in the dark skies - I could see the maple-leaf shape and the dark lanes ('veins'!) well. Couldn't resist a look at a few 'biggies' like M42 Great Nebula in Orion & the Eta Carinae Nebula (beautiful!). Also scanned through a few of the nicer open clusters in Carina.
Cheers -
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