Remote Messier - Marathon

Another kind of challenge

The Messier Marathon is a fixed point every year for most amateur astronomers around the world. They try to get all the 110 Messier objects at only one night. Normally, this marathon is done visible with lots of different telescopes and people love to remember it.

What is the Remote Messier Marathon?
The Remote Messier-Marathon is the photographical counterpart to the visual Messier Marathon. Here you have the unique chance to use remote controlled telescopes to image all entire 110 Messier object in only one night! And you are in a competition with other amateur astronomers around the world to do this in best time.

For more complete details please visit

http://www.amos.observatory.at/html/remote_messier.html German

http://www.amos.observatory.at/html/remote_messier1.html English

Anyone can join this global competition. The registration fee is $50.

Everyone is a big winner because included with the registration for each registrant is the following:

• GRAS - CCD-100 plan membership ($100) value for one monthly at no extra cost
• Access to all images from the contest with all intellectual rights included
• Access to the observer’s control panel from where to observe firsthand all the action and raw images
• Access to all necessary calibration frames from the GRAS extensive library

In Addition to the victors go the spoils. The following is for the winners!

• 1st place - 300 ($300 value) points with total access to the entire GRAS Telescope Network.
• 2nd place - 200 ($200 value) points with total access to the entire GRAS Telescope Network.
• 3rd place - 100 ($100 value) points with total access to the entire GRAS Telescope Network.

Here is a link for your convenience for registration and payment.

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