Re: Messier Marathon Object Ordering (?)

Greg Crinklaw wrote:

Ok, I get it. I was wondering why the SAC list has M77 before M74;
looking at them (and plotting them against my local horizon at the end
of twilight) I'd have thought that M74 should be first. I hadn't
thought of the bright core. That's good to know.

Yes, you can look at M77 about five minutes before M74, as it fights
off the twilight a bit better.

Greg's location is probably in the 99th percentile of s.a.a. for *not*
being murky or light polluted, by the way.

Assuming I can find a spot with a clear view of both horizons! ;-)


I thought the area to the east of you around NM Skies had meadows, but
maybe that's just the way I'm remembering it versus how it really is.

Tom

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