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2022 Messier Marathon

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