French astronomer Charles Messier did not intend to be remembered for his discoveries of galaxies, nebulae, and stars ...

It’s time to get your Messier marathon on! This weekend is the ideal time to run this year’s Messier marathon, during which observers challenge themselves to find every object in the famous comet ...

Each spring, amateur astronomers attempt the ultimate stargazing challenge—an overnight quest to spot every galaxy, nebula, ...

This is a milestone column for me, as it is the 10th anniversary of my first What’s Up in Durango Skies. I always try to come up with some new astronomical topic to discuss, but there is also the ...

Spread the loveThe Messier Marathon is an exhilarating challenge for amateur astronomers and stargazers alike, offering a rare opportunity to observe all 109 Messier objects in a single night. This ...

Spring is nearly here, and that means it’s time for a unique annual event: the Messier marathon. For a brief few days, observers in the Northern Hemisphere can spot all 109 deep-sky in Messier’s ...

Planning to run this year’s Messier marathon? March 14/15 and 21/22 are the best nights to give it a go. Your ideal order will differ with latitude, but this is a good place to start. Be sure to set ...

In fact, we got 98.18% of what we set out to get. On March 13, some friends and I got together in my backyard observatory with my 14-inch Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope to attempt the Messier ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - “When I was a kid, my cousin showed me Saturn from a telescope when I was young and that got me hooked.” Tom Weber, the President of the Cedar Amateur Astronomers recalled.

The Pleiades star cluster, Messier 45, amid the faint and dusty nebulosity that surrounds it. The stars of the Pleiades are passing through the dust clouds in Taurus and are lighting them up as ...

BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 - This picture taken on September 25th, 2019 shows The Orion Nebula, also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976, in the Milky Way.- PHOTOGRAPH BY Costfoto / ...

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