Messier Marathon

:The talk will be about the Messier Marathon and how to run it. We begin with a short overview of the life of Charles Messier, a comet hunter who developed the list of objects. We then move on to the actual Messier Objects in Messier's Catalogues. Some of the Messier Objects have been missing or misidentified, and we will take a few minutes to cover the "lost" objects. An overview of the Messier Marathon follows, with tips on making it a successful night. Finally, using maps of the sky showing all of the Messier Objects, we take a walk through the objects, one by one, showing how to find each of the objects and the purpose of the observing order.

Speaker: Don Machholz