Baron Beavis von Buttköpf from Schloss Ratzharz has made extensive observations from his private observatory at Schloss Nilskor in the crystal clear air of the high Bavarian Alps using a variety of instruments and has kindly sent a selection of his observing notes, which are reproduced here with his kind permission:
Tron 96: Faint green rosette outgassing by a suspected black hole, about 3 arcsec in diameter - easy in the 40" Schiefspiegger but a challenge in the 32" Wurlitzer - usually at mag 23, but flares occasionally to mag 17.
Holmes 14: Legendary object - rarely visible owing to death of parent star, last seen dimly over 10 years ago.
Murrell 27: Clear, but dim smoke ring - 2 arcsec in diameter and steady at mag 18. Down a bit and left a bit from the foreground 16th mag red giant. Best seen with averted imagination. Can be seen in 36" but only by the discoverer.
ASV 99: Highly active object, spread over a broad area, and best seen in a rich field 60".
AAT 1: The Baron has searched in vain for this highly condensed object. Suspect it may be a flyspeck on a Schmidt plate.