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From Dusk Till Dawn

By Mark Dragotta

Published on July 17, 2008

Thanks to eighteenth-century astronomer Charles Messier, amateur stargazing can be a marathon experience. Over the course of his life, Messier catalogued 110 deep-sky objects such as nebulae, galaxies and star clusters. “An amateur astronomer would really have to stay up from dusk till dawn to pull off the Messier Marathon,” says Steve Hartung, president of the Boulder Astronomy and Science Society.

But tonight at Fiske Planetarium, amateurs can catch the Messier Marathon: 110 Deep Sky Objects in One Night, a virtual tour of Messier’s catalogue, including the Andromeda Galaxy, the Orion Nebula and the Sombrero Galaxy. “In many cases, we’ll show the bright, hi-res Hubble images that go along with them,” says Hartung.

The planetarium is located along Regent Drive on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder. Tickets for the Messier Marathon range from $3.50 to $6; for more information, call 303-492-5002 or go to http://fiske.colorado.edu.
Fri., July 18, 8 p.m., 2008



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