Greg

You wrote:

I wasjust using Sky and Telescope's Messier card).

Was that in the March Issue? And, what page was it on? Thanks

Jim Gibson

 Greg Taylor <astronomus_maximus@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi all,

I went to SPOC last night and attempted the Messier
Marthon. I was even later than I expected (it was
around 11pm by the time I had gotten set up). By 4am
(after 60 or 70 objects and a while after everyone
else had gone) I was so hammered that I decided to
look at Mars for a while (I was having a much harder
time than I should have finding globulars in
Ophiuchus). Then my confounded cheap k-mart folding
chair gave way. I was so tired and ticked off that I
just packed up and went home. I might have stuck it
out if there had been someone else there to chat with
(I always mutter to myself when I do any viewing, but
it's not the same).

Part of the reason that I was so tired is that I got
lost in Virgo and had to back track quite a bit (I
whish that I had brought Uranometria with me, I was
just using Sky and Telescope's Messier card). Also, I
knew that I was in trouble when I was having a hard
time finding M81 and M82 (turns out that I was trying
to star hop from the wrong star).

All in all, I had a good time.

Greg

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