Contributed by AJ Crayon

    1982 Saguaro Astronomy Club's second Messier Marathon
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Final results from the 1982 Saguaro Astronomy Club's second Messier
Marathon held on March 27/28 at Dugas, Arizona.  The marathon was
clouded out at the end.

#M   Name            scope
103  Wally Brown     8"f10SCT
 57  Tom McGrath     8"f10SCT


    1982 Saguaro Astronomy Club Star Party and Messier Plus Marathon
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The 1982 Saguaro Astronomy Club Star Party and Messier Plus Marathon was
held September 18th at Jeannie and Maynard Clark's in Sedona, Arizona.
The Messier Plus Marathon is made up of 75 Messier Objects and 35 NGC
objects from the Dyer list as selected by Wally Brown.

Steve Coe's What's Up column in the October issue of the SAC newsletter
describes the event as "fabulous" with 20 to 30 telescopes setup at the
main field separated from the marathoners.

There were 3 marathoners who finished in the following order.

 #   Name            scope

110  Wally Brown     8"f10SCT
 90  Tom McGrath     8"f10SCT
 89  Jim Stevens     17.5"f5 Dob  (of Hale-Bopp fame)