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IAS/SDAS Messier Marathon on Friday 12th

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  • 09-03-2010 2:31pm
    #1
    murphyme2010
    Registered Users Posts: 228 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    The IAS and SDAS will be holding a messier marathon on Friday 12th March and/or Saturday 13th.

    We will be meet up outside Kilmacanoge at 8.30 for a 9PM start.
    The plan is to go to the Car Park at the Sugarloaf but if this is not suitable we will go to our observing site in Ballyraemon.

    If you are interested please ring 087-6398143 between 7 and 8 on the 12th to confirm the observing session is going ahead.

    Regards,

    Michael.

    Directions to the Meeting point and Ballyraemon observing site are at:
    www.irishastronomy.org/cms/about/ifas-ma...=viewmap&mapId=2
    Click on SDAS Meeting point and SDAS Ballyraemon.

    The Sugarloaf carpark is on the other side of the main Roundwood.


    Michael O'Connell has put together the IFAS Messier Handbook which is available here:
    www.irishastronomy.org/cms/index.php/com...ssier-challenge.html

    Courtesy of John Flannery:

    More details on the Messier Marathon can be found at the following links ...

    seds.org/MESSIER/ and seds.org/MESSIER/xtra/marathon/mm2010.html

    www.atmob.org/library/member/skymaps_jsmall.html (charts for 1-power finders such as Telrads)

    www.perezmedia.net/beltofvenus/archives/000790.html (Jeremy Perez observing all 110 objects in 15x70 binoculars)

    www.coaa.co.uk/messmara.zip (software to determine the number of M-objects visible from your location)


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