From:    Dr Ajay Pradhan
Subject: 1st March 2014 Messier Marathon Result of Team Cosmos Paradise
         from Mumbai, India.
Date:    Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 5:55 PM

Hello Astronomers Christine & Hartmut,

So glad to inform you, that we were a group of 16 friends with WanderLust 
Adventures, led by Team Cosmos Paradise - Dr. Ajay Pradhan & Sagar Tanavade, 
who successfully tracked 88 Messier objects out of 110 in 1 single night of 
1st March 2014, Saturday from a farmhouse near Kalyan, Mumbai, India.

The instruments used were two reflecting telesopes - 8-inch EQ & 6-inch 
Dobsonian.

The observation started with orientation to newcomers in the evening of 
1st March & concluded by a fabulous tally of 88 by 6 am in the morning of 
2nd March.

The Messier objects tracked & successfully tracked by Ajay & Sagar and 
observed by all participants were: 88 Messier objects EXCEPT M2, M15, M16, 
M26, M30, M33, M52, M55, M61, M72, M73, M74, M75, M76, M77, M84, M86, M87, 
M98, M99, M109, M110.

The excellent logbook keeping of the observation was done by Dr. Veena 
Madavi & Dr. Komal Gupta.

List of participants:

1) Dr. Ajay Pradhan.
2) Sagar Tanavade.
3) Dr. Veena Madavi.
4) Dr. Komal Gupta.
5) Mr. Ravindran.
6) Rhushikesh Deshpande.
7) Sarabdeep Ahluwalia.
8) Kanchan Ghadge.
9) Pragati Gupta.
10) Ankita Gupta.
11) Smit Parekh.
12) Keval Parekh.
13) Amol Magar.
14) Hajra Shaikh.
15) Samina Saudagar.
16) Nilesh Dhuri.

With warm regards & wishes for clear dark skies,
- Team Cosmos Paradise (https://www.facebook.com/cosmos.paradise.9)
- Dr. Ajay Pradhan (http://bit.ly/1mWO5xl)
- Sagar Tanavade