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woke up with a smile on my face opened my eyes to see that sweet handsome face looking back at me .. yum ..

Its March! Time for the Messier Marathon!

"Whats a Messier marathon you ask? Well in the 1700s a French astronomer was looking for comets. He kept track of every fuzzy thing that he found that did not move and was not a comet. As viewed through telescopes today, these have turned out to be some of the most spectacular deep space objects that can be seen from Earth. Every year, usually in the spring when the timing is right there is a weekend or two near the new moon when it is possible for the observer in North America to attempt to see all 110 objects found by Charles Messier in his entire career in one night! Its an all night astronomy marathon. Are you ready for the challenge? Time is of the essence. Your search must be organized in order to catch the first few before they dip below the horizon. It slows down for a bit and then picks up a frenzied pace as the galaxcies in the Virgo cluster appear. One must fight dew and fatigue and hope that nature cooperates."