EAE - 1st Mt Parnon Mesier Marathon, 5-6 April 2008

Just to inform you about our club’s activities…

EAE (Hellenic Astronomical Association) is organizing the 1st Mt Parnon Mesier Marathon this year, at the Parnon Observing Site (southern Greece) on 5-6 April 2008.

EAE Blog link: astronomia.org.gr/wordpress/ (in greek)

Regards,
Vagelis Tsamis

Hopefully the first of many Vagelis, best of luck with the weather and here's wishing you success.

Thanks, Paul

Good luck with it lads,
Is it possible to try a messier marathon at Cosmos ?

Good luck with it lads,
Is it possible to try a messier marathon at Cosmos ?

It has been tried before Dave. Usually John Flannery ("skynotes") instigated it before. Came close to capturing most on the list if I remember correctly (around Cosmos 2000 I think).

Dave & Seanie,
Clear skies & good success to Cosmos 2008!

Here, last year a mini - Messier Marathon took place at another place in Greece, Mt Taygetos, south of Sparta. It was a small group of 5-6 amateurs.
A guy (EAE member Athanasios Douvris) observed 108 Messier objects, and another (George Koronis) 109!
It was at the end of March, when it gets dark a little earlier, and also the latitude of Mt Taygetos is half a degree lower.
These achievements awakened the interest for the Messier Marathon and people started talking about it. 109 is a record almost imposible to break this year, but what's important is to participate. That's what it is all about.
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Observing Coordinator / EAE
Athens, Greece.