A Messier Marathon is an attempt to find as many Messier objects as possible during one night. The Messier catalogue was compiled by French astronomer Charles Messier during the late 18th century and consists of 110 relatively bright deep sky objects (galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters).

The marathon is scheduled for the new moon weekend nearest the spring equinox with Saturday being the primary night, and Friday being the backup night.

Watch for clouds / weather - they may effect the event.

We may use the Friday or Sunday as backup dates if needed.

The weekend is cloudy and heavily overcast. Monday is the closest day with clear weather.

Sunset is at 7:34 pm