Contributed by AJ Crayon 1985 Saguaro Astronomy Club Messier Marathon ============================================ The 1985 Saguaro Astronomy Club Messier Marathon was not well documented in the newsletter, but as Deep Sky chairman I did have the awards list, which did not include number of objects and some other information. In order to fill in the missing information the participants were interviewed. Fortunately all except Shane Fortune were easily located as they are STILL actively involved in astronomy. Deep Sky chairman Chris Schur planned the marathon for March 23/24 at Dugas, Arizona. At twilight there were 30+ observers with some folks from Flagstaff. Just prior to sunset many observers were treated to a spectacular view of a golden eagle through Dan Ward's telescope. Congratulations to Gerry Rattley for bagging all 110! AJ Crayon Saguaro Astronomy Club Deep Sky chairman #M Observer Scope Missed 110 Gerry Rattley 10"f5.7N 109 Dan Ward 8"SCT M30 108 Wally Brown 30, 33 108 Paul Lind 8"f4.5 30, 74 (1) 107 Shane Fortune 16"f4.5 86 Rick Rotramel 8"f4.5N mostly Virgo! (1) Also took three 30 minute astrophotographs of M51, M81-82 and M13!