The Messier Pages Awarded


Houston Astronomical Society
Site of the Week

The Messier Catalog website has been selected as Houston Astronomical Society Site of the Week for May 25, 1998.

Griffith Observatory Star Award

for the week of Nov. 30 - Dec. 6, 1997

The Messier Pages have been awarded with the Griffith Observatory Star Award for the week of November 30 to December 6, 1997 ! This award is granted "for excellence in promoting astronomy to the public through the World Wide Web."


Magellan 4-Star Award ****

The Messier database has been reviewed and rated by The McKinley Group's online editorial team, and has been designated a Magellan 4-star resource, their highest possible rating. They evaluated especially "Depth of Content," "Ease of Exploration," and "Net Appeal," and found that our resource excelled in each of their three criteria.
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500 Entertaining and Educational Activities!

The Messier Database has been awarded with the Editor's Choice logo from Bonus.com !
The Messier pages are accessible via Bonus.com.


Links2Go Key Resource

The Messier Objects with Data page has been selected as a Links2Go Key Resource Astronomy Pictures/ Topic.

ez Connect Best of the Net The Messier Database has been rated among the Best of the Net by ez Connect
ZIA Review 5-Ball Award ooooo The SEDS Messier Catalog has achieved the ZIA Review 5-Ball Award, their highest possible rating. The Messier Database is also available in their Kids Space Page.

  • Search the ZIA Database for "Messier"

    NetGuide GoldSite **** The SEDS Messier Database has been awarded a 4-star Gold Site by NetGuide

  • Search the NetGuide for "Messier"


    More Achievements

  • The Messier Database has been added to the TCI's TEPNET list of Curriculum Resources (Medium and High School, grades 7-12)
  • The Messier Marathon was featured in Headline Universe by Windows to the Universe
  • The Galaxies with Proper Names list has been selected as Houston Astronomical Society Site of the Week for April 5, 1998
  • The Messier Marathon Homepage has been selected as the San Antonio Astronomy Association - Site of the Week of March 7, 1997
  • Internet Magazine, Impress Corporation added the SEDS Messier Catalog to their Internet Yellow Pages


  • Look at the SEDS Internet site award page


    Hartmut Frommert (spider@seds.org)
    Christine Kronberg (smil@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)

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    Last Modification: 19 Jan 1998, 22:20 MET