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Hi Dana,
I remember you first mentioning DJ 2 some time ago. I chanced upon it last year for the first time after I completed a sketch of the neighbouring Ink Spot. By chance as a mate mentioned it being very close to the Ink Spot after he found it on Sky Safari. I kicked myself afterwards as the trio actually did fit in the FOV of the eyepiece I was using. The trio makes a stunning combination.
As you say, DJ2 is a very subtle object. It is heavy obscured by the Milky Way, so it is very easy to miss. By chance DJ 2 sits in a slightly dimmer section of mottling so it is possible to make out its circular structure. It certainly does not stand out by any amount. It is very subtle and delicate, and requires patience to identify.
What I found so lovely about the trio of the Ink Spot, the brilliant open cluster beside it, and DJ 2 is they all present such different spectacles in their own right as brilliant, dark and difficult, all against the magnificent mottling of the Milky Way, and all in the one FOV. I am eager to revisit this part of the sky. For me a really beautiful and special part of the sky.
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