An interesting and fun time had by all.
Rough sequence to be used was the Marathon Search Sequence given by Don Machholz (there were some deviations from the

normal order)

Images courtesy of the Virtual Telescope and Gianluca Massi

# M77  spiral galaxy in Cetus
# M74 spiral galaxy in Pisces
# M33 The Triangulum Galaxy (also Pinwheel) spiral galaxy in Triangulum
1^st 3 too low and obscured by tree


# M31 The Andromeda Galaxy spiral galaxy in Andromeda
# M32 Satellite galaxy of M31 elliptical galaxy in Andromeda
# M110 Satellite galaxy of M31 elliptical galaxy in Andromeda
First quick trio ~18:31 - 18:40 UTC. Alt around 12 - 11 deg. That's an airmass of around 5! But, bagged & banked...

M31

M32

M110


# M52 open cluster in Cassiopeia



# M103 open cluster in Casseopeia



# M76 The Little Dumbell, Cork, or Butterfly planetary nebula in Perseus



# M34 open cluster in Perseus



# M45 Subaru, the Pleiades--the Seven Sisters open cluster in Taurus.
For some reason we missed this one out. I think the scope was too powerful to get all this one in the FOV

# M79 globular cluster in Lepus
Got too low in the sky and obscured by tree

# M42 The Great Orion Nebula diffuse nebula in Orion



# M43 part of the Orion Nebula (de Mairan's Nebula) diffuse nebula in Orion



# M78 diffuse reflection nebula in Orion



# M1 The Crab Nebula supernova remnant in Taurus



# M35 open cluster in Gemini



# M41 open cluster in Canis Major



# M93 open cluster in Puppis



# M37 open cluster in Auriga



# M36 open cluster in Auriga



# M38 open cluster in Auriga



# M47 open cluster in Puppis



# M46 open cluster in Puppis

...added bonus...NGC2438. An example of superposition of a planetary nebula situated between us and the cluster M46


# M50 open cluster in Monoceros



# M48 open cluster in Hydra



# M44 Praesepe, the Beehive Cluster open cluster in Cancer



# M67 open cluster in Cancer



# M95 spiral galaxy in Leo



# M96 spiral galaxy in Leo



# M105 elliptical galaxy in Leo



# M65 spiral galaxy in Leo



# M66 spiral galaxy in Leo




# M81 Bode's Galaxy (nebula) spiral galaxy in Ursa Major



# M82 Cigar Galaxy irregular galaxy in Ursa Major



# M97 The Owl Nebula planetary nebula in Ursa Major



# M108 spiral galaxy in Ursa Major



# M109 spiral galaxy in Ursa Major



# M40 Double Star WNC4 in Ursa Major


this double star in somehow not in keeping with the rest of the Messier objects....perhaps we should classify it as a VERY

small cluster.

# M106 spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici



# M94 spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici



# M63 Sunflower galaxy spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici



# M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici



# M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy spiral galaxy in Ursa Major



# M102 Spindle Galaxy (NGC 5866) lenticular (S0) Galaxy in Draco



# M53 globular cluster in Coma Berenices



# M64 Blackeye galaxy spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices



# M3 globular cluster in Canes Venatici



# M98 spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices



# M99 spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices



# M100 spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices



# M85 lenticular (S0) Galaxy in Coma Berenices



# M84 lenticular (S0) galaxy in Virgo



# M86 lenticular (S0) galaxy in Virgo



# M87 Virgo A elliptical galaxy in Virgo



# M89 elliptical galaxy in Virgo



# M90 spiral galaxy in Virgo



# M88 spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices



# M91 spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices



# M58 spiral galaxy in Virgo



# M59 elliptical galaxy in Virgo



# M60 elliptical galaxy in Virgo



# M49 elliptical galaxy in Virgo



# M61 spiral galaxy in Virgo



# M104 The Sombrero Galaxy spiral galaxy in Virgo



# M68 globular cluster in Hydra
13 deg elevation. Missed this one.

# M83 Southern Pinwheel Galaxy spiral galaxy in Hydra



# M5 globular cluster in Serpens Caput



# M13 Great Hercules Globular Cluster globular cluster in Hercules



# M92 globular cluster in Hercules



# M57 The Ring Nebula planetary nebula in Lyra



# M56 globular cluster in Lyra



# M29 open cluster in Cygnus



# M39 open cluster in Cygnus



# M27 The Dumbbell Nebula planetary nebula in Vulpecula



# M71 globular cluster in Sagitta



# M107 globular cluster in Ophiuchus



# M10 globular cluster in Ophiuchus



# M12 globular cluster in Ophiuchus



# M14 globular cluster in Ophiuchus



# M9 globular cluster in Ophiuchus



# M4 globular cluster in Scorpius



# M80 globular cluster in Scorpius



# M19 globular cluster in Ophiuchus



# M62 globular cluster in Ophiuchus



# M11 The Wild Duck Cluster open cluster in Scutum



# M26 open cluster in Scutum



# M16 open cluster associated with the Eagle Nebula or Star Queen Nebula IC 4703 in Serpens Cauda



# M6 The Butterfly Cluster open cluster in Scorpius



# M7 Ptolemy's Cluster open cluster in Scorpius



# M17 The Omega or Swan or Horseshoe or Lobster Nebula diffuse nebula in Sagittarius



# M18 open cluster in Sagittarius



# M24 Milky Way Patch star cloud with open cluster NGC 6603 in Sagittarius



# M25 open cluster in Sagittarius
Obscured by cloud

# M15 globular cluster in Pegasus



# M2 globular cluster in Aquarius



# M72 globular cluster in Aquarius



# M73 open cluster in Aquarius



# M23 open cluster in Sagittarius



# M21 open cluster in Sagittarius



# M20 The Trifid Nebula diffuse nebula in Sagittarius



# M8 The Lagoon Nebula diffuse nebula in Sagittarius



# M28 globular cluster in Sagittarius



# M22 globular cluster in Sagittarius



# M69 globular cluster in Sagittarius



# M70 globular cluster in Sagittarius



# M54 globular cluster in Sagittarius



Unfortunately time ran out for the last 3
# M55 globular cluster in Sagittarius
# M75 globular cluster in Sagittarius
# M30 globular cluster in Capricornus