From: Chris Anderson Subject: Messier Marathon event As requested on your excellent web site, here are the details of our upcoming Messier Marathon event: Event name: Annual Video Messier Marathon Date: March 25, 2006 Time: 7:00pm to 6:00am, Mountain Standard Time (UT-7 hrs.) Location: Centennial Observatory Herrett Center for Arts and Science College of Southern Idaho Twin Falls, Idaho, USA http://www.csi.edu/herrett/hcas_observatory.html Contact: Chris Anderson, Observatory Coordinator Centennial Observatory College of Southern Idaho 315 Falls Avenue Twin Falls, ID 83301 208-732-6663 canderson@csi.edu Description: Starting at 7:00pm, Observatory Coordinator Chris Anderson will present a program about Charles Messier, his catalog of celestial targets, and the annual opportunity to see them all in one night, the Messier Marathon. Then, around 7:45pm, the Centennial Observatory's 24" computer controlled telescope will begin sending live video images of the various Messier targets. Also, CCD images will be captured and uploaded to a special Messier marathon web page (http://www.csi.edu/herrett/observatory/messiermarathon.html). This event is free to the public and weather permitting. Chris Anderson Faulkner Planetarium and Centennial Observatory Herrett Center for Arts and Science College of Southern Idaho