Messier Marathon 2000

In 2000, Full Moon will occur on March 20, 2000, and thus make the best

Messier Marathon time unavailable. On the other hand, this will provide

two nice opportunities to observe most of the

110 Messier objects, around New Moons on

March 6.2 and April 4.8, respectively, so that observers will have a

primary weekend on April 1 and a secondary on March 11; it is recommended

to try the timely first, secondary opportunity also.

This year, there will be a considerably good chance to combine the Messier

marathon with an all-planet marathon, i.e. you can observe all

solar-system planets during this night, on both dates.

We will announce comets suitable for observing in the Messier Marathon

nights here, probably again based on the JPL


Comet    RA (2000.0) Dec  RA (2000.0) Dec  mag

    March 11, 2000  April 1, 2000

Also,

meteors from various showers may occur, and depending on your

location, you may be able to observe the

or the

Messier Marathon Events 2000

Please email me any scheduled Messier

Marathon 2000 events for announce here.

If you have undertaken, or participated in, a Messier Marathon, 2000 or earlier,

if not already done so, please email me

your or your group’s results, or the link to your results page, for inclusion in

Last Modification: 30 Mar 1999, 11:45 MET