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(WestBohemian) Messiers Marathon
Idea to organize in West Bohemian region this nontraditional competition come up in our Branch Committee at the last days of the year 2002. From the idea to realization is not sometimes far away, so you can read about start and with alternative succes continance of Messier marathon observation in below mentioned articles.
- What is actually Messier's Marathon? (CZ)
- Year 2003 – First attempt (CZ)
- Year 2004 – Another failure (CZ)
- Year 2005 – First outside competition score (CZ)
- Year 2006 – Finally first succes - even a little plastered (CZ)
- Year 2007 – First en bloc successful marathon (CZ)
- Year 2008 – Bad weather and new record
- Year 2009 – Cloud, cloudy, cloudiness
- Year 2010 – Bad weather again
| Messier's Marathon best results |
| Observer | Score of Objects | Night |
| Jiří Polák Michal Rottenborn |
103 103 |
2./3.4.2011 2./3.4.2011 |
| Michal Bareš | 101 | 5./6.3.2011 |
| Jiří Kubánek | 100 | 1./2.3.2011 |
| Zdeněk Brichta | 38 | |
| Lumír Honzík | 20 | 16./17.3.2007 |
| Karel Halíř | 18 | 16./17.3.2007 |
| Vladimíra Lukešová | 12 | 16./17.3.2007 |
| Miroslava Plzáková | 12 | 16./17.3.2007 |
Author: Rostislav Medlín, Michal Rottenborn
Last update: 5. 4. 2011
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