The Messier Pages Awarded

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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.

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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.”

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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.

Search the Magellan site for:

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BONUS.COM The SuperSite For Kids!™ 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.

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Links²Go Key Resource

The Messier Objects with Data page

has been selected as a

Links²Go Key Resource

Astronomy Pictures/ Topic.

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The Messier Database has been rated among the Best of the Net by

ez Connect

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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”

  
  

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

  NetGuide

• Search the NetGuide for “Messier”

  
  

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  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

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• Look at the

  SEDS Internet site award page

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  Hartmut Frommert

  ([email protected])

  Christine Kronberg

  ([email protected])

  

  

  

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