I wanted to say thank you to Kevin and David Hays for their presentation last night on viewing Messier objects. I have also found the Wikipedia entry for the Messier objects to be helpful when looking for them. Here is the link to the page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Messier_objects The page includes all objects, NGC numbers where applicable, common name, a picture of the object (The most valuable thing listed, in my opinion.), what the object is, distance, location, and magnitude. I just wanted to pass this info along to help fellow observers hunting for these objects. -- ++++++++++++++++++ Troy Davidson