What's the most distant object you've seen?

[perrin6]

The most distant globular cluster I've seen was in the Andromeda galaxy as a tiny fuzzball making a triangle with two foreground stars. Used a map I found online and a 14inch under fairly light-polluted skies.   

[John]

The most distant globular cluster I've seen was in the Andromeda galaxy as a tiny fuzzball making a triangle with two foreground stars. Used a map I found online and a 14inch under fairly light-polluted skies.   

Thats one of my next targets

Actually being able to see objects in other galaxies is a relatively new experience for me despite many years in the hobby. They are tough challenges though !

[Paz]

The Andromeda Galaxy is the furthest thing I've seen directly so far but the most distant object I would like to observe once I've got a big enough scope is a blazar called BL Lacerte - it's only about 1bn light years away so not as far as some of the objects already mentioned. One of my criteria for a big scope when I get one is going to be one capable of spotting that under dark skies (it is a variable object, stellar in appearance and varies from mag 14 to 17).

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

That is the prototype of the blazars. Hadn't realized it could reach mag 14 (borderline for my scope). OJ-287 also falls into that category.

[Size9Hex]

Remember the Hubble Deep Field Challenge?

Nope! I enjoyed reading about it though. Thanks for posting. It was a nice little diversion :-)

[Size9Hex]

The Andromeda Galaxy is the furthest thing I've seen directly so far but the most distant object I would like to observe once I've got a big enough scope is a blazar called BL Lacerte...

That's me straight off to google to learn what a blazer is! Thanks for posting. Good to learn something new. Good luck with your plans to observe it too.