Date: Friday, March 4, 2016
From: Education Astrotourism (Vikrant Narang)
Subject: Messier Marathon Event

Watch out for SPACE Messier Marathon!!!

A half messier marathon (target 55 M-Objects) will be attempted in Tehla, 
Rajasthan. 18 astronomy educators from a private organisation - SPACE, 
based in New Delhi, India are all set to attempt the Messier Marathon. 
Some of the educator have an experience of observing as many as 30 objects 
in a single night earlier. Some of the educators are absolutely new to the 
astronomy and will experience this amazing event for the first time. Each 
observer will be maintaining a log sheet and a report will be sent to 
SEDS Messier Marathon page. Live updates will be posted from twitter 
handle @spacian from 16:30 UT, Saturday 5th March 2016 (10 PM IST, 
5th March 2016)

Equipment:  200 mm Newtonian Reflector, Dobsonian Mounted (10 telescopes 
in total) and 10x50 Binoculars (10 available)

Events Details:

Name: SPACE Messier Marathon 2016
Venue: Astroport Sariska, Rajasthan, India ( 27° 14.608'N,  76° 26.003'E)
  (~220 KM from New Delhi)
Date of Event & Time: Night of 5th-6th March 2016
Organisation: Education Department, SPACE (http://www.space-india.org)

Primary Contact Person: Mr. Pankaj Bahmba
Secondary Contact Person: Mr. Abhinav Dubey

Contact Information is available here:
  http://www.space-india.org/contact.html
(Emails not being announced to prevent spam)

Note: The event is not open to general public and is open to only 
employees of the organisation.

Hoping for Clear Skies
Vikrant Narang
(On behalf of the marathoners)