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Forum: Off the Beaten Path

Need a new and difficult challenge? Look in here. This is the forum for you to post and read about the most challenging and obscure objects in the night sky! A great place to look for new observing challenges! Messiers need not apply!

  1. Zwicky’s Pyramid

    Started by Jimi Lowrey, May 23rd, 2023 01:41 AM
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 12,802
    May 23rd, 2023, 01:41 AM Go to last post
  2. WR stars in M33 HII regions (NGC 588/592/595/604)

    Started by Uwe Glahn, October 11th, 2016 08:01 PM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 3,943
    October 16th, 2016, 04:57 AM Go to last post
  3. What is this Object?

    Started by Jimi Lowrey, October 10th, 2012 06:11 PM
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 4,537
    October 28th, 2012, 08:20 PM Go to last post
  4. VV 790b Orions ring

    Started by Jimi Lowrey, November 10th, 2013 07:27 PM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 5,611
    February 8th, 2014, 07:53 AM Go to last post
  5. VV 788 (7Zw466) - fascinating and "easy" ring galaxy

    Started by Uwe Glahn, April 7th, 2012 01:34 PM
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 12,332
    April 2nd, 2016, 07:01 AM Go to last post
  6. VV 171 and friends

    Started by Steve Gottlieb, March 26th, 2014 12:05 AM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 5,125
    April 1st, 2014, 04:40 AM Go to last post
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 3,630
    June 2nd, 2012, 07:57 PM Go to last post
  7. Voorwerp APOD

    Started by Dragan, April 4th, 2015 10:40 PM
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 4,942
    April 15th, 2015, 05:29 AM Go to last post
  8. Volcano Nebula IFN

    Started by Robin, May 1st, 2017 11:21 AM
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 35,425
    March 13th, 2018, 09:24 AM Go to last post
  9. Visible Blackhole light??

    Started by Dragan, January 7th, 2016 04:14 AM
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 3,884
    January 7th, 2016, 08:12 PM Go to last post
  10. Variable Galaxies (BL Lac, blazars, AGNs, etc) list

    Started by FaintFuzzies, April 5th, 2013 05:33 PM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 4,983
    April 25th, 2013, 04:38 PM Go to last post
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 2,270
    October 18th, 2020, 07:04 PM Go to last post
  11. UGC 11798 in Cygnus

    Started by Dragan, February 8th, 2012 03:47 AM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 7,155
    August 11th, 2013, 11:53 AM Go to last post
  12. Two Young Stellar Objects in Cygnus

    Started by reiner, August 15th, 2012 05:20 PM
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 8,574
    October 9th, 2012, 06:56 AM Go to last post
  13. Two UCD's in Messier 59

    Started by Jimi Lowrey, April 16th, 2018 09:23 PM
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 42,463
    April 22nd, 2018, 09:55 AM Go to last post
  14. Two more newly discovered quadruply-imaged quasars

    Started by wvreeven, November 9th, 2017 09:20 AM
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 38,011
    November 9th, 2017, 09:20 AM Go to last post
  15. The tight multi-galaxy group that includes UGC 12127

    Started by Marko, July 9th, 2012 05:54 AM
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 9,097
    August 27th, 2012, 07:52 AM Go to last post
  16. The outer shells of M 2-55 and Abel 2

    Started by wvreeven, March 13th, 2020 12:06 PM
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 47,430
    March 13th, 2020, 12:06 PM Go to last post
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 5,724
    February 27th, 2015, 01:19 PM Go to last post
  17. The Eridanus Bubble, the Western counterpart of Barnard's Loop

    Started by reiner, February 10th, 2012 01:39 PM
    • Replies: 13
    • Views: 56,922
    December 8th, 2022, 06:01 PM Go to last post
  18. Supposed unknown Galaxies in Gemini

    Started by Norman, March 25th, 2021 11:40 AM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 3,810
    April 4th, 2021, 04:50 AM Go to last post
  19. Star cluster in M104 SUCD 1

    Started by Jimi Lowrey, May 18th, 2013 02:51 AM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 3,989
    February 28th, 2014, 04:43 PM Go to last post
  20. SS 433

    Started by KidOrion, June 27th, 2016 06:10 PM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 3,676
    June 30th, 2016, 12:21 PM Go to last post
  21. SNR G206.9+2.3 in Monoceros

    Started by Uwe Glahn, December 31st, 2020 12:33 PM
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 3,676
    March 3rd, 2023, 04:23 PM Go to last post
  22. SNR G132.7+1.3 (HBH 3) in Cassiopeia

    Started by Uwe Glahn, February 19th, 2024 08:01 PM
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,667
    February 25th, 2024, 10:05 AM Go to last post

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