· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu… uh, User You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Observing >> Deep Sky Observing Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 | 2 | (show all) MadHungarian sage Reged: 11/18/10 Loc: Cloudy WA Woohoo! Finally finished the Messier list tonight       #5668263 - 02/08/13 02:26 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Finally viewed M93, my last Messier, two years after starting the list! I was afraid i was going to miss M93 again for the second winter in a row (had six months of overcast last winter). But just to spite ClearDarkSky which said it was going to be overcast here, it was actually quite clear out tonight. So i snuck out with my small-scope to the local playfield which is light polluted to within an inch of its life but has great sky exposure. Fortunately M93 is an open cluster, though it doesn't get much above the horizon here. Post Extras:       Fuzzyguy sage Reged: 12/21/11 Loc: Colorado/Kansas Re: Woohoo! Finally finished the Messier list tonight [Re: MadHungarian]       #5668270 - 02/08/13 02:38 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congratulations! I'm up to 90 and hope to finish in March! Way to go!! Post Extras:       Achernar Postmaster Reged: 02/25/06 Loc: Mobile, Alabama, USA Re: Woohoo! Finally finished the Messier list tonight [Re: MadHungarian]       #5668585 - 02/08/13 09:32 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congratulations! I was looking at M-93 last night myself, and the other Messier and NGC open clusters in the same area with my 10-inch. M-93 is a very nice open cluster for just about any telescope, it was very nice through the 10-inch at 55X last night. Taras Post Extras:       cliff mygatt Pooh-Bah Reged: 01/27/09 Loc: Kitsap County, WA Re: Woohoo! Finally finished the Messier list tonight [Re: Achernar]       #5668618 - 02/08/13 09:52 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well done, M-93 was my last Messier as well for the same reasons, high latitude and cloudy Northwest skies. Now it is time for Globulars or Herschels. Good Luck! Post Extras:       drbyyz sage Reged: 11/04/12 Loc: Summerville, SC Re: Woohoo! Finally finished the Messier list tonight [Re: cliff mygatt]       #5668658 - 02/08/13 10:21 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congrats! That's a big milestone! I've been in this hobby with a few hiatuses(hiati?) for over 15 years now and I've never "officially" finished the list. I've definitely observed the vest majority of them but never kept logs. I did circle a bunch on my star charts in a copy of Nightwatch back when I was 14 or 15 with my 6" dob and a few years back started keeping logs using my 8". Alas, that log book got lost in a move..going to digital now and backing up my files. Anyway, back in December I started the list again alongside the H400. Keeping much better logs this time so that I can confirm I've seen them all and have a brief description of my impression of each. Post Extras:       Madratter professor emeritus Reged: 01/14/13 Re: Woohoo! Finally finished the Messier list tonight [Re: drbyyz]       #5668730 - 02/08/13 11:06 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congrats. That is a big achievement. M93 is a nice showpiece object to finish with. It looks really good if it gets high enough above the horizon. Post Extras:       John K Carpal Tunnel Reged: 12/26/05 Loc: Vernon BC Canada Re: Woohoo! Finally finished the Messier list tonight [Re: Madratter]       #5668790 - 02/08/13 11:33 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great work! May I suggest the Finest NGC list next.More eye candy that was over looked by Messier. Post Extras:       uniondrone Carpal Tunnel Reged: 12/05/09 Loc: Streetlight Archipelago Re: Woohoo! Finally finished the Messier list tonight [Re: John K]       #5668906 - 02/08/13 12:27 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congrats!! I would say the M93 is one of the more unusual ones for being the final Messier object. It's bright and relatively easy to find. Only its latitude makes it harder to view, but there are others that are both somewhat dim and low as well, e.g. M68. Was it the seasonal clouds that made M93 happen later for you? Post Extras:       MadHungarian sage Reged: 11/18/10 Loc: Cloudy WA Re: Woohoo! Finally finished the Messier list tonight [Re: John K]       #5668935 - 02/08/13 12:40 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks all! >>> Was it the seasonal clouds that made M93 happen later for you? Yes, the clouds and also high latitude. It's only viewable here for a few months in the winter, and doesn't get much above the horizon, and there's usually overcast, and when it is clear there's usually fog at night. Bleah. Herschels are next for me. I started working on them a few months ago, after fooling around a bit with that dastardly Caldwell list and then giving up on Caldwell. Then i've also been very slowly working my way through the Double Stars, Planetary, and Lunar II lists, for something to do when the weather and/or darkness is less cooperative. Edited by MadHungarian (02/08/13 12:57 PM) Post Extras:       Tim L Carpal Tunnel Reged: 12/17/08 Loc: Missouri Re: Woohoo! Finally finished the Messier list tonight [Re: MadHungarian]       #5669089 - 02/08/13 01:43 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congratulations! Whenever I'm looking in a part of the sky, I'll always visit any M-objects in the area. It's like seeing old friends again. Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth Re: Woohoo! Finally finished the Messier list tonight [Re: Tim L]       #5669157 - 02/08/13 02:14 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congrats on observing all the Messier objects! Dave Mitsky Post Extras:       Spaced Post Laureate Reged: 03/01/05 Loc: Tacoma, Washington, USA Re: Woohoo! Finally finished the Messier list tonight [Re: Dave Mitsky]       #5673904 - 02/11/13 11:45 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   You da Man! Post Extras:       mitaccio sage Reged: 03/17/09 Loc: Oahu, Hawaii Re: Woohoo! Finally finished the Messier list tonight [Re: Spaced]       #5676946 - 02/13/13 02:00 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congrats on finishing the list. I hope to finish soon myself. Only 4 to go! Post Extras:       leviathan super member Reged: 11/29/11 Loc: Azerbaijan Re: Woohoo! Finally finished the Messier list tonight [Re: mitaccio]       #5676981 - 02/13/13 02:57 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Marathon is coming. Post Extras:       joelimite Carpal Tunnel Reged: 09/01/08 Loc: Fayetteville, AR Re: Woohoo! Finally finished the Messier list tonight [Re: leviathan]       #5677263 - 02/13/13 09:11 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congrats! Post Extras:       deepskydarrell member Reged: 03/09/08 Loc: Abbotsford, BC Canada Re: Woohoo! Finally finished the Messier list tonight [Re: joelimite]       #5677572 - 02/13/13 12:06 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congrats on your Messier List. I concur with our Pacific NW weather. It clears up July 15th and the roof rolls back on Sept. 15th. Two seasons: 2 months Summer sunshine and 10 months Rain. I agree with John K, the RASC's Observer's Handbook's Finest NGC List was my next step. It is basically the next best 110 objects with some even better than Messier's list. Far superior than the 'dastardly caldwell list' I'd found when I completed the Messier list with my 8 inch, I'd already observed nearly half the Finest NGC List along the way. Happy observing. DSD. Post Extras:       Dennis_S253 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 11/22/11 Loc: West Central Florida Re: Woohoo! Finally finished the Messier list tonight [Re: deepskydarrell]       #5677837 - 02/13/13 03:09 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congrats on the completion. That is one of my goals for 2013. I viewed 24 so far. Post Extras:       Scott in NC Mad Hatter Reged: 03/05/05 Loc: NC Re: Woohoo! Finally finished the Messier list tonight [Re: Dennis_S253]       #5680421 - 02/14/13 11:29 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great job! That's one of my 2013 goals as well. Post Extras:       MessierScott sage Reged: 06/18/07 Re: Woohoo! Finally finished the Messier list tonight [Re: MadHungarian]       #5685374 - 02/17/13 02:53 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congrats on your accomplishment! What's next? Herschel 400? Caldwell's? Post Extras:       tnakazon super member Reged: 06/26/10 Loc: Los Angeles Re: Woohoo! Finally finished the Messier list tonight [Re: MadHungarian]       #5685633 - 02/17/13 05:51 PM Attachment (5 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congrats! Somewhat of a coincidence, but on my way to reaching the magic number of 500 deep-sky objects observed/logged/sketched after 2 years of "serious" observing, last month I finally saw my final Messier objects - M93, along with M50 & M64 on the same night. Tonight, I'm aiming for M40, M6 & M7 to observe and sketch (I've seen, but never sketched these three before) and then I'll have all 110 Messiers sketched. To me, a DSO has not been observed until a "proper" sketch has been made of it. More importantly however, I'll have reached the magic number of 500 DSO's observed/logged/sketched after 2 yrs and 2 months of work. I actually reached 500 objects last night, but they include four asterisms (i.e. Arrow Cluster, Coathanger Cluster, Spiral Cluster and the W Cluster), so I'm not sure they would count as valid DSO's. A great thank you goes out to my two scopes which were responsible for 99% of the work in my quest for 500 (see attached pic): 1) the 3.9" Orion Skyscanner (about 93%) 2) the 4.5" Orion Starblast 4.5 (about 6%) I used a 4" Celestron NexStar 102GT refractor for the other 1% of my observations. Note that all my observations were done with small scopes of 4.5" aperture or less. Looking forward to "legitimately" completing 500 tonight at Yucca Valley, California, where this picture was taken. My Starblast 4.5 will be used for this important event. 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