Subject: Perfect Messier imaging marathon!   
From: Jonathan Ward
Date: Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 6:50 AM

I attempted my first Messier Imaging Marathon on the night of March 26-27, 
2019 from Summerfield, North Carolina, USA. Much to my surprise, I was 110 
for 110 by time M30 rose the next morning.

The moon was within 10 degrees of about a dozen objects in Sagittarius, 
which made imaging difficult due to lens flare and sky glow. Otherwise, the 
weather was perfect.

I was using an Explore Scientific 127mm APO and a ZWO ASI294MC camera.

M30 rose through the trees to my east as dawn was breaking. I captured a 
few images of it in between the branches of the tree, when it was only 
about 4.5d above the horizon.

Attachment: "Marathon Jonathan H. Ward 03-26-19.jpg" (mm-jhward03-26-19.jpg)
  http://messier.seds.org/xtra/marathon/jhward19.html

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Jonathan H. Ward, FRAS

Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society
NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador

Author of:
	Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and
        Her Crew (With Mike Leinbach. Skyhorse Publishing, January 2018)
	Countdown to a Moon Launch: Preparing Apollo for Its Historic Journey
       (Springer-Praxis, July 2015)
	Rocket Ranch: The Nuts and Bolts of the Apollo Moon Program at Kennedy
       Space Center (Springer-Praxis, July 2015)

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