That's an excellent project, Daniel. As a kid in the late '60's & early '70's, I would hunt-down globulars with my dad's binocular, from our yard on Salt Lake's east bench. The skies were better back then, especially after midnight when many outdoor lights were turned off and traffic was off the road. Not good, but much better than it is now. Not being able to get to dark-sky sites, I still use binoculars to hunt-down globulars and planetary nebula from my current back yard in the middle of the SL valley. Both classes of objects are not as adversely affected by light pollution as galaxies and extended nebulae. If not using a binocular, I use my 80mm ED refractor. An O3 filter makes PN's downright easy. When I get more free time I'd like to try this project with my 10" Newt and bino-viewer. The 10" was designed with oodles of focuser "IN" travel for a special project nearly 20 years ago, so it doesn't need the relay Barlow with the bino-viewer. If you get a chance, Daniel, see how many Caldwell objects you can nab on any given night.