Favorite deep-sky object

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Continuing the discussion from What’s your favorite deep-sky object?:
There are several favorites, but the best is being able to split the double-double epsilon-lyra at the lowest power possible. My memory is foggy, but I think I’ve split them at 60X

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Summer Triangle. Particularly Altair.

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M45!

I love to see Sirius and the pup star. I’ve tried with my 130p scope, but unfortunately I don’t have good eyepieces and also the weather hasn’t permitted me good observing times! I hope that I can get the pup!

Nikolai.

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I’ve seen the pup in an 8" LX90. The best part is I wasn’t looking for it. Just aligning my finderscope for a night of visual observing. The “pop!” the pup just popped up in the eyepiece, steadily shining very close to Sirius.
It sometimes takes a very relaxed “view” to see the pup.
I was using an Explore Scientific 20mm 100-degree eyepiece. That certainly helped!
Andrew

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Hi Andrew!

Nice to hear! Your scope is really good, and the lx90 is my favourite (really DREAM!) telescope, I really love meade cassegrains!

Cheers,
Nikolai

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My brother’s favourite DSO is NGC 6960 (Veil supernova remnant), but he haven’t seen it yet :disappointed:. And my Dad’s favourite DSO is pleaides (M45). But his number 1 favourite astronomical object is Venus. Because, it reminds him his small age. Venus has always been in the sky for him, and he loves it :slightly_smiling_face:!

Thanks,
Nikolai

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Also I love the triffid nebula (M20). A few times back, I completed an online short course at university of central Lancashire, and then it was there to set some things to get a dso picture, I didn’t know much then. I got something set randomly, and I’ve done this! I know this isn’t good, but I love it, because it’s my first :blush:.

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Nikolai.

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Great first time image. (or was it a photograph?) Anyway, better than most and better than my first.

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Hi @Tak152 !

I didn’t capture anything physically using a telescope. As a part of the course, I was asked to set some numbers, and that they will capture an image for me from their telescope. That’s the thing! :grin:

Anyhow thanks :+1:
Nikolai.

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I like globular clusters . M3 and M13 are a couple good ones

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I would probably say M57 because it’s the first object i ever found through my own telescope, the next being M13.

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M33 ? M42 ? NGC7293 ? It’s. Tough to pick just one

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I too like clusters, because their visibility is good compared to nebulae and galaxies even under polluted skies.

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@Starrancher Did you capture this?

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No . It was a friend of mine . I never got into astrophotography . Too much money for my budget .

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Same with me, too much expensive, otherwise I love to do astrophotography. Even I was gifted my scope.

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I thing we need more validation on it