Re: Messier Marathoning

From: grumpa (jdubois_at_insight.com)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 03:10:20 GMT

D. Couillard wrote:
> The Calgary Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada traditionally
> holds a Messier Marathon on the cloudiest night in March. This year we will
> be out on March 12th (ok....you've all been forewarned). We gather at our
> observatory south of Calgary with a variety of instruments. Everyone who
> participates receives a certificate listing the date and the number of "M"
> objects observed. I don't know that anyone from our club has ever found all
> 110 from our site in one night, but a few guys have come close.
>
> 51 N, 114 W 1043 Meters
>
> Duff
>
>
M30 can not be seen from your latitude before sun up in March, so 110 is
not really feasible. I have tried and failed from 42 degrees north
several times. Have seen it from Tucson, however.

Jule J. DuBois at 42N 89.6W