Peter Argenziano
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Reged: 11/11/03
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Long enough to get all 110 and completely aggravate Peter 
Not too likely, my friend. At the onset of astronomical twilight M74 will be about 4° below the western horizon and M77 about 1° above the horizon.  The Andromeda triad roughly at 3° and M33 at 4° above the horizon. Obviously, they are all setting... so you'll have to bag these rascals while it is still quite light. The best of luck to you. 
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Peter
I come from a small town whose population never changed. Each time a woman got pregnant, someone left town.
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rboe
Reged: 03/16/02
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Loc: Phx, AZ
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But with the proper sky filter you can block out that pesky sunlight. Sometimes simply closing your eyes is enough. Sometimes not. 
I'll issue some prodding sticks so we can make sure Scott does not employ the eye lid filter past sun down. 
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Ron
NS11GPS
Pronto
16" dob
127mm F9 Surplus Shed/Crawmach kit scope
Coronado SolarMax 40 on a Celestron 102 Wide Field
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ArizonaScott
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Well so much for my big plan  Guess I'll have to chow on pizza and enjoy the good company and comraderie
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Scott
10" LX200 Classic, Konus 200, Orion ST80, ETX90 OTA, 60mm Celestron alt-az, Obie 20x80's, Meade 10x50's
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rboe
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Going to a different star party then are we? 
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Ron
NS11GPS
Pronto
16" dob
127mm F9 Surplus Shed/Crawmach kit scope
Coronado SolarMax 40 on a Celestron 102 Wide Field
Best of ATM
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Skylook123
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Pay no attention, Scott; we'll make Ron laugh (even if it takes cold pizza).
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Jim
South Rim Coordinator
Grand Canyon Star Party
gcsp[at]tucsonastronomy.org
“Equipped with his five senses, man explores the
universe around him and calls the adventure
Science” - Edwin Hubble
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rboe
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Hey, the marathon is serious business! No talking! 
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Ron
NS11GPS
Pronto
16" dob
127mm F9 Surplus Shed/Crawmach kit scope
Coronado SolarMax 40 on a Celestron 102 Wide Field
Best of ATM
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ArizonaScott
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Pay no attention, Scott; we'll make Ron laugh (even if it takes cold pizza).
I bring special Won Ton soup just for Ron
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Scott
10" LX200 Classic, Konus 200, Orion ST80, ETX90 OTA, 60mm Celestron alt-az, Obie 20x80's, Meade 10x50's
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David Pavlich
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A question for you Marathon veterans. What is the most important horizon to have opened? I may try my first one this year and knowing this bit of information will dictate where I go to make my attempt. Thanks!
David
You need both east and west. West for the early setters, M74, M77 and the Andromeda trio. East for M30. If you go HERE you'll get a PDF of a very popular, time-tested observing order.
It's going to be a challenge for sure. I just loaded up Skytools and getting M74 and M77 is going to be very tough. The April weekend won't work at all...Skytools shows it below the horizon during twilight. So it's March and I have my doubts that I'll get all of them. But it'll be fun. I'm hoping we get a bunch of us together for it.
David
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Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
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desertstars
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Loc: Tucson, AZ
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Pay no attention, Scott; we'll make Ron laugh (even if it takes cold pizza).
I bring special Won Ton soup just for Ron
If the won tons are big enough, we could dry a few and string 'em up like prayer flags...
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Thomas Watson
Author of Mr. Olcott's Skies. Available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
@desertstarsbks
Under Desert StarsEither Way, It's Reading
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Skylook123
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Sort of like the garlic hanging in the general stores in the '60s and '70s "spaghetti westerns"
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Jim
South Rim Coordinator
Grand Canyon Star Party
gcsp[at]tucsonastronomy.org
“Equipped with his five senses, man explores the
universe around him and calls the adventure
Science” - Edwin Hubble
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rboe
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Loc: Phx, AZ
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Or more like the harvesting of spaghetti from the spag trees in the fall?
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Ron
NS11GPS
Pronto
16" dob
127mm F9 Surplus Shed/Crawmach kit scope
Coronado SolarMax 40 on a Celestron 102 Wide Field
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Peter Argenziano
Watcher of the Skies
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Loc: Desert Southwest
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Or more like the harvesting of spaghetti from the spag trees in the fall?
Silly wabbitt... everyone knows it grows on bushes, not trees. 
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Peter
I come from a small town whose population never changed. Each time a woman got pregnant, someone left town.
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rboe
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Maybe it's a short tree although from the movie they appeared to be good sized. We'll have to discuss this in the desert.
At high noon. 
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Ron
NS11GPS
Pronto
16" dob
127mm F9 Surplus Shed/Crawmach kit scope
Coronado SolarMax 40 on a Celestron 102 Wide Field
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Skylook123
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Loc: Tucson, AZ
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You go yak away; I'll catch up closer to sundown.
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Jim
South Rim Coordinator
Grand Canyon Star Party
gcsp[at]tucsonastronomy.org
“Equipped with his five senses, man explores the
universe around him and calls the adventure
Science” - Edwin Hubble
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stevecoe
"Astronomical Tourist"
Reged: 04/24/04
Posts: 3766
Loc: Arizona, USA
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To answer someone's question:
You need to observe 50 objects to get a certificate from AJ or Jack. I don't think you could do 50 objects with naked eyes as your observing device. Assuming that magnitude 7.5 is the deepest you could get there are probably only 20 or so Messier objects to that limiting magnitude.
Certainly a challenge;
Steve Coe
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16" f/4.5 Newtonian on Alt-Az mount by Tectron
Author "Touching the Universe" iUniverse
Author "Deep Sky Observing" Springer
Author "Nebulae and How to Observe Them" Springer
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rboe
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Thanks Steve. I figured Scott was just jesting but it still was an interesting task to consider.
Now we just have to convince him that Mars is not a Messier Object. M-ars.
Do you plan on attending?
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Ron
NS11GPS
Pronto
16" dob
127mm F9 Surplus Shed/Crawmach kit scope
Coronado SolarMax 40 on a Celestron 102 Wide Field
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ArizonaScott
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Loc: Scottsdale, AZ
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I'm thinking an early morning snipe or jackalope hunt would be very sporting
Me jest? Surely you jest?  Hmmm, hadn't thought of Mars but now that ya mention it......
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Scott
10" LX200 Classic, Konus 200, Orion ST80, ETX90 OTA, 60mm Celestron alt-az, Obie 20x80's, Meade 10x50's
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desertstars
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Loc: Tucson, AZ
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I'm thinking an early morning snipe or jackalope hunt would be very sporting
If you decide to pursue this, let me know, and I'll see if I can't find a muskrat or two...
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Thomas Watson
Author of Mr. Olcott's Skies. Available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
@desertstarsbks
Under Desert StarsEither Way, It's Reading
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Skylook123
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I'll throw in a bag'o'snipe
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Jim
South Rim Coordinator
Grand Canyon Star Party
gcsp[at]tucsonastronomy.org
“Equipped with his five senses, man explores the
universe around him and calls the adventure
Science” - Edwin Hubble
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ArizonaScott
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Usually the desert pupfish are biting in the wee hours, so I'll bring along my sons fishing pen 
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Scott
10" LX200 Classic, Konus 200, Orion ST80, ETX90 OTA, 60mm Celestron alt-az, Obie 20x80's, Meade 10x50's
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