I apologize for being one of the folks who recommended this target. It is indeed a difficult object in this range of
aperture.
For folks who may not know what to look for it would be near impossible.
I was able to ID this object because I hopped to and verified the location with charts compared to the field in view. And I knew that I was looking for something very illusive with the
aperture I was using, 25X100 binoculars.
See my report posted under the main challange heading.
Maybe the challenge could include two targets based on
aperture needed to acquire visually.
For instance a target for 80 to 100 and one for apertures from 100mm to 203mm.
In this way we may, if we choose, push ourselves and our equipment.
Personally I enjoyed the challenge. And as a relative newcomer it was a very satisfying thing to me to have achieved this very difficult challange.
It was indeed a huge challenge for me using the 100mm binoculars even though the binoculars at 100mm with two eyes gives a significant advantage over my 100
f/9 refractor with only one eye.
I agree with your sentiment JT and my suggestion is to choose two objects geared to the full gambit of apertures available to our membership.
Well done by the way on your success in this challange.
You done good!
P.S.
It may also be useful to consider targets separately for the Northern hemisphere and the Southern hemisphere.