**************************************** * Messier Marathon Observer's Form * **************************************** My Messier Marathon =================== Date: March 24-25, 2002 Observer: Wayne County Astronomical Society Location: Wooster, Ohio Lat: 40.30 N Long: 82 W Time Zone: Eastern Instruments used: Meade LX200 10", Meade ETX 125, 4" Refractor, Intes 6" Mak, & 10" Dobsonian General Comments: Partially to mostly cloudy, and persistant. Observers were; Elmer Steingass, Dave Balint, Ronnie Stroup, Roger Terrill, & Mont y Meyer Roger's wife Rebecca kept score. The Object List: ================ No. M# NGC# Con Type Your# Time Comments 1. M77 1068 Cet G S _____ __:__ ________________________________ 2. M74 628 Psc G S _____ __:__ ________________________________ 3. M33 598 Tri G S _____ __:__ ________________________________ 4. M31 224 And G S 3 19:42 Mostly obscured by clouds 5. M32 221 And G E _____ __:__ ________________________________ 6. M110 205 And G E _____ __:__ ________________________________ 7. M52 7654 Cas OCl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 8. M103 581 Cas OCl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 9. M76 650 Per Pl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 10. M34 1039 Per OCl 13 20:48 Very clear 11. M45 - Tau OCl 1 19:36 ________________________________ 12. M79 1904 Lep Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 13. M42 1976 ori DN 2 19:39 ________________________________ 14. M43 1982 Ori DN 4 19:52 Faint view 15. M78 2068 Ori DN 5 19:59 Very faint 16. M1 1952 Tau SNR 6 20:04 Very faint 17. M35 2168 Gem OCl 14 20:51 Open cluster, very clear, beautiful 18. M37 2099 Aur OCl 16 20:55 Very clear and awesome 19. M36 1960 Aur OCl 15 20:53 Very clear and awesome 20. M38 1922 Aur OCl 17 20:57 Very clear 21. M41 2287 CMa OCl 10 20:42 Beautiful 22. M93 2447 Pup OCl 9 20:41 Very clear 23. M47 2422 Pup OCl 22 21:07 ________________________________ 24. M46 2437 Pup OCl 20 21:03 Very clear 25. M50 2323 Mon OCl 19 21:03 Very clear 26. M48 2548 Hya OCl 21 21:05 ________________________________ 27. M44 2632 Cnc OCl 7 20:34 Beehive 28. M67 2628 Cnc OCl 23 21:21 Open cluster 29. M95 3351 Leo G S 24 21:27 Very faint 30. M96 3368 Leo G S 54 00:42 Very faint 31. M105 3379 Leo G E 55 00:45 Very faint 32. M65 3623 Leo G S 56 00:53 Very faint 33. M66 3627 Leo G S 25 21:36 Very faint 34. M81 3031 UMa G S 11 20:44 Very clear 35. M82 3034 UMa GIr 12 20:44 Very clear 36. M97 3587 UMa Pl 30 22:28 Dim 37. M108 3556 UMa G S 29 22:22 ________________________________ 38. M109 3992 UMa G S 51 00:22 Faint 39. M40 - UMa 2St 18 21:00 Faint, double star 40. M106 4258 CVn G S 57 00:58 Dim 41. M94 4736 CVn G S _____ __:__ ________________________________ 42. M63 5055 CVn G S _____ __:__ ________________________________ 43. M51 5194 CVn G S 8 20:38 Very clear 44. M101 5457 UMa G S 52 00:38 Very Dim 45. M102? 5866 Dra GS0 53 00:38 Dim 46. M53 5024 Com Gl 33 23:15 ________________________________ 47. M64 4826 Com G S 32 22:59 Dim 48. M3 5272 CVn Gl 26 21:42 Very clear, beautiful 49. M98 4192 Com G S 36 23:30 ________________________________ 50. M99 4254 Com G S 37 23:32 ________________________________ 51. M100 4321 Com G S 35 23:24 ________________________________ 52. M85 4382 Com GS0 34 23:20 ________________________________ 53. M84 4374 Vir GS0 49 00:18 ________________________________ 54. M86 4406 Vir GS0 48 00:17 Dim, too cloudy 55. M87 4486 Vir G E 50 00:19 Dim, too cloudy 56. M89 4552 Vir G E 40 23:44 ________________________________ 57. M90 4569 Vir G S 41 23:47 ________________________________ 58. M88 4501 Com G S 38 23:34 ________________________________ 59. M91 4548 Com G S 39 23:41 Dim 60. M58 4579 Vir G S 42 23:53 Very dim 61. M59 4621 Vir G E 43 23:55 Dim 62. M60 4649 Vir G E 44 23:58 Dim 63. M49 4472 Vir G E 45 00:00 Dim 64. M61 4303 Vir G S 46 00:03 Dim 65. M104 4594 Vir G S 47 00:08 Very dim 66. M68 4590 Hya Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 67. M83 5236 Hya G S _____ __:__ ________________________________ 68. M5 5904 Ser Gl 31 22:52 Clear, globular cluster 69. M13 6205 Her Gl 27 22:03 ________________________________ 70. M92 6341 Her Gl 28 22:06 Dim, cloudy 71. M57 6720 Lyr Pl 58 01:26 Dim 72. M56 6779 Lyr Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 73. M29 6913 Cyg OCl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 74. M39 7092 Cyg OCl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 75. M27 6853 Vul Pl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 76. M71 6838 Sge Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 77. M107 6171 Oph Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 78. M12 6218 Oph Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 79. M10 6254 Oph Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 80. M14 6402 Oph Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 81. M9 6333 Oph Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 82. M4 6121 Sco Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 83. M80 6093 Sco Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 84. M19 6273 Oph Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 85. M62 6266 Oph Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 86. M6 6405 Sco OCl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 87. M7 6475 Sco OCl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 88. M11 6705 Sct OCl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 89. M26 6694 Sct OCl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 90. M16 6611 Ser OCl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 91. M17 6618 Sgr DN _____ __:__ ________________________________ 92. M18 6613 Sgr OCl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 93. M24 >6603 Sgr OCl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 94. M25 I4725 Sgr OCl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 95. M23 6494 Sgr OCl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 96. M21 6531 Sgr OCl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 97. M20 6514 Sgr DN _____ __:__ ________________________________ 98. M8 6523 Sgr DN _____ __:__ ________________________________ 99. M28 6626 Sgr Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 100. M22 6656 Sgr Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 101. M69 6637 Sgr Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 102. M70 6681 Sgr Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 103. M54 6715 Sgr Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 104. M55 6809 Sgr Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 105. M75 6864 Sgr Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 106. M15 7078 Peg Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 107. M2 7089 Aqr Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 108. M72 6981 Aqr Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ 109. M73 6994 Aqr 4St _____ __:__ ________________________________ 110. M30 7099 Cap Gl _____ __:__ ________________________________ *********************************** * * * * * Score: ___58____ of 110 !! * * * * * *********************************** Key: No. : Don Machholz' sequence number M# : Messier number NGC# : NGC (or IC) number Con : Constellation (abbrevated) Type : Object Type (see below) Your# : Your actual sequence number Time : Your observing time (in your time zone) Comments: Any important observing circumstances/results etc. Types: OCl=Open Cluster, Gl=Globular Cluster, Pl=Planetary Nebula, DN=Diffuse Nebula, G S=Spiral Galaxy, G E=Elliptical Galaxy, GIr=Irrgeular Galaxy, GS0=Lenticular (S0) Galaxy, SNR=SNR, 2St=Binary Star, 4St=4 Star System Hartmut Frommert - http://www.seds.org/~spider/ Christine Kronberg - http://www.maa.mhn.de/P/smil.html