Jack, speaking for Steve Coe and myself . . . thanks for such splendid compliments [LOL]. For the relation between Best of the Beyond and 1000+ and all other observing programs see the February and March issues of the SAC newsletter for 2000. aj Jack Jones wrote: > After the FlatIron session, I concluded that the 'Best of the Beyond' is > quite a curious bunch of objects. I don't know what was the point of the > absolute SADISTS who compiled this list or what they were trying to prove, > but I'm sure they enjoyed it immensely. Some few of the objects are > ridiculously easy, but many more are excruciatingly and painfully difficult. > Or as the euphemism goes, these are "Challlenge Objects" (hair-pullers, > OK?). If you hate tiny starlike planetaries, you'll positively love to hate > this list. Every strange object type in every weirdo catalog is represented > here, each observation you make a #$%&# in itself. If you ever get thru this > one you will be quite the well-rounded observer, and probably bald. > > I'm still hazy on 'Best of the Beyond the NGC' vs. the 1000+. I thought we > agreed that the Best of the Beyond was disincluded from the 1000+, yet the > website incorrectly lumps it with the other lists of those which can't be > observed. > > Jack