Messier Marathon Eternal Hall of Fame

Here we list all reported Messier Marathon results with full success of 110 observed Messier objects.

March 23/24, 1985: Gerry Rattley from Dugas, Arizona (1985 Saguaro Astronomy Club Messier Marathon)
March 16/17, 1996: David Fredericksen from south of Arizona City, Arizona (1996 All Arizona Messier Marathon)
March 27/28, 1998: Robert Davidson from Arizona City, Arizona (see report)
March 19/20, 1999: Russell F. Pinizzotto from the Andromeda Galaxy Observatory in Fort Davis, Texas (see report and featured article)

Honorable mention: Observers who logged all 109 objects they looked for, excluding controverse M 102 (the others accept or take NGC 5866 as M102, in agreement with a proposition of Don Machholz and others, and still somewhat disputable historical evidence):

March 1995: Amateurs led by Paul Money from COAA, Algarve, Portugal
March 29/30, 1998: Mark Dunnett, Paul Money, Stephen and Timothy Tonkin, and Bev Ewen-Smith from COAA, Algarve, Portugal

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Last Modification: 28 May 1999, 12:10 MET