Randy Hargis
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Reged: 05/10/06
Posts: 133
Loc: East Central Illinois
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Here is a little offering for anyone who wants it. Its a spreadsheet/check list for Messier marathons. If you change the year in the sheet, the sheet will give you possible dates that year to have a marathon. Enjoy or download and delete....your choice. 
Randy
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Orion XT6i (For now)
West Union, IL
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desertstars
Deja moo
Reged: 11/05/03
Posts: 30057
Loc: Tucson, AZ
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A very handy tool, Randy. Thanks for sharing this, and welcome to Cloudy Nights! 
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Tom W.
SVP8 'She turned me into a 3-legged Newt' EQ
Ralph, the All-Purpose 102mm Refractor
Under the Desert Stars
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dgs©
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Posts: 13930
Loc: West Monroe, Louisiana
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Nice bit of spreadsheetsmanship. 
Is that a word?
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- david
8"Ø Newtonian on SVP, Moonlite CR2, Telrad
PST Oberwerk Ultra 15x70 Orion Ultraview 10×50
Hand-me-down Sears Refractor (Discoverer) 60mm×900mm
"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world, remains and is immortal." --Albert Pike
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kestrel0222
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 05/21/06
Posts: 2337
Loc: Milford, Michigan
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Thanks Randy,
I'll put that to good use.
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Tom
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desertstars
Deja moo
Reged: 11/05/03
Posts: 30057
Loc: Tucson, AZ
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Quote:
Nice bit of spreadsheetsmanship.
Is that a word?
It is now... 
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Tom W.
SVP8 'She turned me into a 3-legged Newt' EQ
Ralph, the All-Purpose 102mm Refractor
Under the Desert Stars
Alcohol and calculus do not mix. Please don't drink and derive.
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Jacob
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Reged: 09/30/06
Posts: 172
Loc: Oregon
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Hey, wow, thanks! That's awesome, I'd been thinking of trying to find all the Messier object, so this will come in very handy!
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Jacob Campbell
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Randy Hargis
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Reged: 05/10/06
Posts: 133
Loc: East Central Illinois
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I made one that gave planetary positions (Equatorial and Alt-Az), visual magnitudes, % full, whether or not they were currently visable, and other bells and whistles....but alas, my hard drive ate it. 
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Orion XT6i (For now)
West Union, IL
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dgs©
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Loc: West Monroe, Louisiana
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One thing that might be worth adding would be RA & Dec coordinate columns.
Easy enough for anyone to find though.
If you're anything like me with spreadsheets, they're never really finished.
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- david
8"Ø Newtonian on SVP, Moonlite CR2, Telrad
PST Oberwerk Ultra 15x70 Orion Ultraview 10×50
Hand-me-down Sears Refractor (Discoverer) 60mm×900mm
"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world, remains and is immortal." --Albert Pike
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Randy Hargis
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Reged: 05/10/06
Posts: 133
Loc: East Central Illinois
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Dave,
I thought about that but it turned out that it wouldn't all fit nicely on the paper, but you are right about them never being really finished. I think the revision number on this one is 5.5. 
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Orion XT6i (For now)
West Union, IL
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Peter Argenziano
Watcher of the Skies
Reged: 11/11/03
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Quote:
Nice bit of spreadsheetsmanship.
Is that a word?
C'mon David... everyone knows the correct terminology is worksheetmanship. :sheesh:
By the way, Randy, that is Excel-lent.  Just when I thought I'd seen every permutation of a MM worksheet, you present something new. Thanks.
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Peter
14.5" Starmaster
I hail from the explosive jetsam of a multitude of high-mass stars that died more than 5 billion years ago.
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Starman1
Vendor - Scope City
Reged: 06/24/03
Posts: 10962
Loc: Los Angeles
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Quote:
One thing that might be worth adding would be RA & Dec coordinate columns.
Easy enough for anyone to find though.
If you're anything like me with spreadsheets, they're never really finished.
Amen to that comment. I make some updates every day to my Buyer's guides, and finally get around to posting a new version every few months.
I've got older spreadsheets I keep for data (especially my observing log), and I seem to add a column or change a color or font on that thing every few days. 
It sounds like you use spreadsheets a lot, too.
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Don Pensack
12.5" Truss Dob, 5" Maksutov
Sustaining Lifetime IDA member, TeleVue junkie
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cuzimthedad
Just Be Cuz
Reged: 04/09/06
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Loc: Sonoma, Northern California
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Thanks Randy!
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Dan
20" Obsession (Freedom I...aka cuzimthescope)
TV102 (Star Dagger)
LXD75 AR-6 (Phoenix)
Megrez 80SD
Antares 1529 (Awaiting arrival)
Bushnell 7X50 Binoc
Zhumell 20X80 Astro-binocs
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