As I probably use my scope to show the night skies to other people these days more than for myself, I would have to say the number one object I enjoy showing other people is Alpha Centauri, for a number of reasons:
- It is always there
- You don't need particularly clear skies
- Everyone has heard of it
- They are all amazed that it is double
- It is perhaps the easiest to find
- It's the closest
- Almost everyone can understand the explanation of what it is
- And, finally, who doesn't mind spying on the neighbour now and then
