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March 21st: Let the Messier Marathon Begin!

Messier’s ListYou’ve probably heard of Charles Messier’s catalog of celestial deep-sky objects compiled for use by 18th-century comet hunters. When

By the 1970’s amateur astronomers had noticed that all 110 Messier objects (a list of notable objects in the northern

By the 1970s amateur astronomers had noticed that all 110 Messier objects (a list of notable objects in the northern

The Messier Marathon is a northern latitude event that takes place on a night in March or early-April. This is

Beginning amateur astronomers soon encounter the term “Messier objects.” They learn that this is a list of objects outside our

By the 1970s amateurs had noticed that all 110 Messier objects could be observed at low northern latitudes over the