Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 21:40:41 -0700
To: spider
From: Gordon Pegue
Subject: 1999 Messier Marathon results

The Albuquerque Astronomical Society held its Messier Marathon Saturday
night March 20, 1999 at the society's General Nathan Twining Observatory
approximately 60 miles SSW of Albuquerque, NM.  We had about 40 observers
and of those 40, 7 managed to last the night.  Results are:

Kevin McKeown        108 objects observed w/ a 3" refractor
Gordon Pegue         108 objects observed w/ a 20" reflector
Pete Eschman         107 objects observed w/ an 18" reflector
Anna Whitlow         106 objects observed w/ a 10" reflector
Mike Pendley         101 objects observed w/ a 22" reflector
Alexander Comportie  97 objects observed w/ a 12" reflector
Larry Cash           50 objects observed w/ a 10" SCT

The first two folks were not able to recover M74 or M30.  M74 because of
wind and low clouds on the horizon and M30 because of advancing daylight.

Gordon Pegue
 

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