here's a challenge for the AP'ers

[orly_andico]

the darn thing looks like the monster Cthulu (note this is a Hubble image)



and is named after a semi-cute Dutch schoolteacher - http://www.hannysvoorwerp.com/?page_id=12

it is favorably placed right now (the galaxy above it, 15th magnitude IC 2497 in Leo Minor, transits at 1 a.m.)

now for the challenge - the galaxy, which is larger than the voorwerp, is smaller than the Eskimo Nebula. and is 15th magnitude (compared to the 9th magnitude Eskimo).

so capturing the Voorwerp will require a very long focal length, and very long exposures. at a dark site.

sounds like something i wanna try

there are only 1 or 2 amateur images of the voorwerp out there...

[Mariner]

Looks like some poor soul stuck wandering across the vast inter-galactic space...