Extraordinary targets !

[cotterless45]

A few that have given enormous pleasure to seasoned and new observers . As usual , greatly enhanced by moonless nights . 
My biggest surprise was Graff’s , really unfair and impossible to chose a favourite. Although Hagrid’s Dragon is up there . I have omitted the Owl cluster , NGC 457 and “Caroline’s cluster “ NGC 7789 , so used to seeing them !
Enjoy and add your own !

Clear skies ! Nick.

[Knighty2112]

Nice selection Nick. Skull and cross bones (NGC 1502) lies at the bottom (depending on how you view it of course in the eyepiece) of Kemble’s star cascade, so each would fit in nicely in a widefield view, so could bag two things in one view.

 

[wookie1965]

Cracking list Nick 

[RobertI]

Very nice list Nick, I've added some of these to my own lists.

As for adding to your list, it's tough to choose. I love to see two objects in the same field of view. M35 with ngc2158 next door, the double cluster, M97 and M108, the Leo triplet. Seeing Venus within the Pleiades was very memorable, and recently I also saw Mars and M1 in the same field of view. 

Personal standouts are the Veil with an OIII filter, the Trapezium on a night of good seeing, and M13 with a good sized aperture. 

Edited January 4, 2023 by RobertI

[MalcolmM]

I love a list like this. Thanks for posting. I'll be checking all these out!

Malcolm 

[estwing]

That Dragon certainly is worth chasing,  cheers old bean!

[Captain Scarlet]

Graff’s Cluster is a favourite of mine too, half of Tweedledum and Tweedledee, another alternative IMO to the Double Cluster.

Great list, I shall be stealing from it 

Magnus

Edited January 4, 2023 by Captain Scarlet