Saturday, September 7, 2019

Messier to do list : 9 Objects to go

A couple of Messier Objects to go to finish the Messier list and the PSA list (Periodical System for the Amateur Astronomer) :

To Do list of my 9 Messier objects ordered by date of midnight culmination and altitude above horizon :

March 21 : M109
April 1 : M58, M68 and M104
April 16 : M83 8°55'
April 22 : M101
June 16 : M6 6°34'
June 20 : M7 3°58'
June 29 : M69 6°22

Challenging as can be seen will be M7, M69, M6 and M83.
Object M58 and M59 are forming a "pair" only seperated 1°1'.