[pgc hunter]

My most obscure obs would probably be Uranus' moons Titania and Oberon, and Neptune's moon Triton with the 8" dob from my backyard.

Originally Posted by Blue Skies

Barnard's Galaxy in Sagittarius. I only went after it because it's in the Caldwell Catalogue. I wan't impressed, either with the the object itself or the choice of it for the catalogue! http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/..../rolleye09.gif Why pick something with such a low surface brightness...? I wondered that about a number of objects in the Caldwell cat.

But the planetary nebula Shapley 1 is a fave, one of those smoke rings. http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/....s/thumbsup.gif Worth the hunt.

The Caldwell catalogue is nothing more than a hand-picked list of random objects.