This morning I observed the gravitationally lensed quasar 2M 1134-2103 (a.k.a. J1134-2103 or 2MASS J11344050-2103230) with my 20" Dobsonian at 419x magnification. I couldn't find anything about this object here on Deepskyforum.
It is located in the Crater constellation at RA = 11h34m40s, DE = -21°03'23", total magnitude 15.65 mag (17.2, 17.3, 17.3, 19 mag components at 4" maximum distance from each other) and its redshift is z = 2.77, which means 11.3 billion years light travel time.
For me it is located very low in southern direction, so it was much more difficult than Andromeda's parachute. With averted vision I intermittently saw a stellar object. Nothing elongated and I could not resolve anything.
Please find attached my sketch.
Has anyone of you observed this? Were you able to see an elongated shape or could you resolve anything?
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