[AZ-Observing] Re: Messier Marathon - draft list
- From: AJ Crayon <acrayon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:31:57 -0700
Tom, while putting the list together I was building up a list as you
provided. But as the list became longer and longer and other objects
were added to the missing my mind got jumpled up (doesn't take much does
it). Appreciate your taking time to put this together and I have a
question. Would you mind if I used your list in an article - with
appropriate reference of course.
Thanks and clear skies,
aj
Tom Polakis wrote:
>Here are some numbers for the 24 people who saw 100 or more Messier objects,
>based on the draft of results.
>
>All 24 people who saw 100 or more Messier objects missed M110. 10 of those 24
>were able to spot M31, and 5 of them saw M32.
>
>Only one observer looked at the right time to see M74.
>
>The next problem object was M33, which shut out 18 people.
>
>M72 was not seen by 9 observers, and M30 was missed by only 7 people.
>
>At least 16 of the 24 used GO-TO telescopes.
>
>The smallest aperture in this club was 60mm. I'm sure Meade never expected an
>ETX-60 to ever get as much use as this one does.
>
>Tom
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