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I found this list whilst researching into another matter.  Part of my research involved Barbara Wilson whom I discovered was sadly no longer with us. 

Further looking I discovered this rather bizarre and somewhat bonkers list called as per this thread title, the AINTNO way she gonna see this list.

There are 100 objects and when this was written, it was described as an impossible list of objects, things like sunlight reflecting of voyager 1, seeing footprints on the moon or my personal favourite, sunspots on Rigel!

However a quick scan of this reveal not all are seemingly impossible and I find I have already managed one on it, the jet of quasar 3C273, wow.

So I have linked to the list and also copied over the list for which I give full Kudos to the late Barbara Wilson and any other co-contributors. So any of you others can see how many you have ticked off, it's an all new type of challenge on a different level.

Oh nearly forgot to add, if you are observing with another person who can verify your hit, you can apply for a certificate if that's your thing. (link in the AINTNO page)

Aintno Catalog (astronomy-mall.com)

HAVE FUN ! 👍

1. Lunar Mascon
2. 3 Deg Kelvin Background Radiation
3. Footprints on the moon
4. Chevron formation on Miranda
5. Sunspots on Rigel
6. Venera 7 on Venus
7. Mare Moscoviense
8. Veil Nebula's progenitor star
9. Ithaca Chasma on Tethys
10. Mendenhall's unphotographic nebula
11. Uranian Moons:Cordelia, Ophelia, or Bianca.
12. Cygnus X-1
13. An extrasolar system planet.
14. Oort Cloud.
15. Rings of Uranus
16. Your choice of: Blue arc in galaxy cluster 2242-02 in Aquarius (gravity lens crescent), or blue arc lensed by Abell 370.
17. Spokes in the Cartwheel Galaxy.
18. Algol's companion star.
19. The crater Stickney
20. Visual eruptions of Pele on Io.
21. Geminga.
22. The bridge between Ambartsumian's Knot & NGC 3561.
23. Craters on Titan.
24. Aphrodite Terra or Alpha Regio.
25. Resolve 1989 PB's binary nature.
26. Craters on Mimas.
27. Nemesis Star.
28. The Great Attractor.
29. 12th Moon of Saturn. (Helene)
30. Central Star of the Bug Nebula.
31. Braids in the F Ring of Saturn*
32. The light bridge of Stephan's Quintet and NGC 7331.
33. Globulars of Abell 2151.
34. Colors in the Rho Ophiuchi Star Cloud (IC 4604).
35. Any 29th mag blue galaxy.
36. Snickers (galaxy closest to the Milky Way)
37. 3C273's Jet
38. Hubble Deep Field Galaxy (at least 2).*
39. The lensing galaxy of 0957+56.1 A & B or the astigmatism of the lens.
40. The heliopause.
41. Sagittarius A West.
42. SS433's Jets and W 50
43. Caldera of any lesser Mons on Mars*
44. 7293's outer halo
45. The Galaxy cluster in NGC7293.
46. Any galaxy within 1 degree of the Horsehead.**
47. A star in each eye of M 97.
48. A neutrino
49. Comet Levy-Rudenko
50. .001 second double star at least 10 degrees from the ecliptic
51. Each component of the Castor system.
52. Any 9.5 mag star naked eye.
53. Sample trench from Viking 1 or 2 Lander.
54. A proto star
55. The central Star of Gomez' Hamburger.*
56. S Andromedae
57. The coma of 2060 Chiron
58. Mutual phenomena of all four Galilean moons (from  the east)
59. Hot spot on the accretion disk of a cataclysmic variable.
60. Transit of an asteroid across earth's moon.
61. Sojourner Rover on Mars*
62. Star 235 in Palomar 14.
63. The black hole in M 87, or in NGC 6240.
64. B Cassiopeia.
65. Illuminating star of NGC 3132.
66. The 3 quasars surrounding NGC3842.
67. The dogleg jet of NGC1097.
68. The counterjet in M 87.
69. The protoplantary system around Beta Pictoris.
70. The Egg Nebula's shell.
71. Your choice of: Abell galaxy cluster 2390's blue arclets; or Abell cluster 1689's blue arclets; or Abell 2218's arcs.
72. The companion to V616 Monocerotis, aka: A0620-00.
73. The Magellanic Stream.
74. PSR 1744-24A in Terzan 5.
75. The Black Widow pulsar.
76. The 3nd brightest star in UKS 1*
77. The illuminating star of NGC 3132.
78. Globular 132 in M31.
79. A 37 minute 46 second young moon.
80. Three Supernovae simultaneously in one galaxy.
81. Gliese 569B
82. Einstein's Ring: MG 1131 +0456
83. Vernal Equinox
84. Pioneer 10
85. Resolve Huchra's Lens (Einstein's Cross)(All 4)
86. A naked eye Messier Marathon.(At least 100)
87. Any supernova in the central parsec of a Seyfert galaxy.
88. The Jovian Aurorae.
89. Io sulphur torus.
90. Observe 45 galaxies in the Corona Borealis Cluster.*
91. Planetary Nebulae in M 81.
92. Planet X.
93. Sun glint off of Voyager 1.
94. Dr. Frank's microcomets.
95. Optical counterpart of any gamma burst. (No space junk, please.)**
96. Dactyl*
97. Observe simultaneous Aurora Borealis and Australis from 40ø Latitude north OR south.
98. Simultaneous Solar transits of Mercury and Venus.
99. Observe any two asteroids colliding.
100. The arrow that points to Pluto **

* Revised
** Certificate already claimed. No second certificate will be awarded.

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