From: Cosmos Paradise (Dr. Ajay Pradhan) Date: Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 8:14 PM Subject: Messier Marathon Results 9 March 2019 from India The Messier Marathon on 9th March 2019 was arranged by Cosmos Paradise / WanderLust Adventures from Dhingchak Village, Kalyan, Maharashtra, India. This spot is fairly dark & we could glimpse at the Milky Way too! We spotted a total of 51 M-objects namely - 1, 4, 6, 7, 13, 19, 28, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 49, 50, 54, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 78, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 104, 105, 106, 108. The team consisted of 21 stargazers, out of which 15 were new & introduced to stargazing for the first time in their lives! The following team was lead by Dr. Ajay Pradhan. 1) Dr. Ashish Nanabhai (tracker). 2) Dr. Ankit Solanki (tracker). 3) Ruqaiya Shaikh (log book keeper). 4) Mala Nirgudkar. 5) Manasvi Aiyer. 6) Dr. Sunita Tolani-Aiyer. 7) Karishma Tolani. 8) Sunil Tolani. 9) Zia Shaikh. 10) Prasad BHopale. 11) Pravin Subramanian. 12) Sharayu Gangurde. 13) Barnini Chatterjee. 14) Jatin Batla. 15) Sarath KT. 16) Chintan Chawda. 17) Harikrishnan 18) Deepali Shah. 19) Vaibhav Pawar. 20) Mayur Pawar. 21) Janardhan KC. Thank you & Wish for clear skies, Dr. Ajay Pradhan, Cosmos Paradise / WanderLust Adventures http://travelnew.tumblr.com/ M# Name / Remarks Type Constellation Mag NGC 1 Crab Nebula SNR Taurus 8.4 1952 4 Bright globular Globular Cluster Scorpius 5.9 6121 6 Butterfly Cluster Open Cluster Scorpius 4.2 6405 7 Ptolemy's Cluster Open Cluster Scorpius 3.3 6475 13 Great Globular Globular Cluster Hercules 5.3 6205 19 Globular Cluster Ophiuchus 7.2 6273 28 Globular Cluster Sagittarius 6.9 6626 36 Open Cluster Auriga 6.0 1960 37 Open Cluster Auriga 5.6 2099 38 Open Cluster Auriga 6.4 1912 40 Double star DS Ursa Major 8.0 41 Open Cluster Canis Major 4.5 2287 42 Great Orion Nebula Diffuse Nebula Orion 4.0 1976 43 de Mairan's Nebula Diffuse Nebula Orion 6.8 1982 with Orion Nebula 44 Praesepe, The Open Cluster Cancer 3.1 2632 Beehive Cluster 45 Pleiades/ 7-sisters Open Cluster Taurus 1.2 / Subaru 49 Elliptical Galaxy Virgo 8.4 4472 50 Open Cluster Mon 5.9 2323 54 Globular Cluster Sagittarius 7.7 6715 57 Ring Nebula Planetary Nebula Lyra 8.8 6720 58 Spiral Galaxy Virgo 9.8 4579 59 Elliptical Galaxy Virgo 9.8 4621 60 Elliptical Galaxy Virgo 8.8 4649 62 Globular Cluster Ophiuchus 6.6 6266 65 Spiral Galaxy Leo 9.3 3623 66 Spiral Galaxy Leo 9.0 3627 67 Open Cluster Cancer 6.9 2682 69 Globular Cluster Sagittarius 7.7 6637 70 Globular Cluster Sagittarius 8.1 6681 78 Reflection Nebula Orion 8.0 2068 81 Bode's Galaxy Spiral Galaxy Ursa Major 6.8 3031 82 Cigar Galaxy Irregular Galaxy Ursa Major 8.4 3034 84 Elliptical Galaxy Virgo 9.3 4374 85 Elliptical Galaxy Coma Berenices 9.3 4382 86 Elliptical Galaxy Virgo 9.2 4406 87 visible jet/ Elliptical Galaxy Virgo 8.6 4486 Virgo A 88 Spiral Galaxy Coma Berenices 9.5 4501 89 Elliptical Galaxy Virgo 9.8 4552 90 Spiral Galaxy Virgo 9.5 4569 91 Barred Spiral Coma Berenices 4548 93 Open Cluster Puppis 6.2 2447 95 Barred Spiral Leo 9.7 3351 96 Spiral Galaxy Leo 9.2 3368 97 Owl Nebula Planetary Nebula Ursa Major 11.2 3587 98 nearly edge-on Spiral Galaxy Coma Berenices 10.1 4192 99 nearly face-on Spiral Galaxy Coma Berenices 9.8 4254 100 face-on Spiral Galaxy Coma Berenices 9.4 4321 104 Sombrero Galaxy Spiral Galaxy Virgo 8.3 4594 105 Elliptical Galaxy Leo 9.3 3379 106 Spiral Galaxy Canes Venatici 8.3 4258 108 nearly edge-on Spiral Galaxy Ursa Major 10.0 3556