It seems to me things could be considerably speeded up by using a GOTO scope, spending a few seconds on each object. 400 times 5 seconds is 33.33 minutes of actual observing time. At the right time of the year probably all could be done in one night! Then, it is a simple matter in the warmth of your home, with a nice cup of hot chocolate, to draw the objects from a book of actual photographs or from a book of someone else's drawings (-: Stan SteveB0513@xxxxxxx wrote: > > I took about two years to complete the H400, with some > intensive weekend trips and some observing sessions > with no H400. Trying to "do" the H400 like the Messier > Marathon (find, check, find, check, ... ) would take a > lot of the value out of the project. Plus, to complete the > certificate requirements, requires a description of the > object, which requires actually "looking" at the object. > I would say 10 - 15 minutes, minimum, for a real observation > of an object. > > Steve Bell > Ex-patriot Az Astronomer > Certificate #240 > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.