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First Robotic Messier Marathon Online! *** Join it today, 27 Mar. 09, from about 6pm, UT ***
As part of its proposals for the "International Year of Astronomy 2009", the Virtual Telescope is proud to announce a great event: the First Robotic Messier Marathon Online!
For the first time in the world, a fully robotic telescope will be used to observe as much Messier objects as possible, sharing the incoming CCD images online, in real time, with the community worldwide. All the images will be shown on a special page, together with a live, video/audio comment. As a world pioneer and leader in streaming live astronomical events, the Virtual Telescope wishes to share the experience of the sky with a huge, international audience, fitting the goals of the International Year of Astronomy. For the first time, cutting-edge technology will be used to afford this challenge. We will perform this live show on March 27, 2009, starting at 17:45 UT. The live imaging and video streaming will be broadcasted on this page. So, stay tuned and join us for such a worldwide show! Patronage
Sponsors. We are pleased to acknowledge the following sponsors, helping us to succeed in this effort:
If you want to support as a sponsor, please contact us
About Charles Messier (from rochesterastronomy.org) Charles Messier was a French astronomer who lived from 1730 to 1817. He is widely recognized for his Messier catalog list of approximately 100 diffuse/fuzzy objects. These objects were easily mistaken for comets and no doubt as to why, since the telescopes of this era were about equivalent to looking through the bottom of coke bottles. By discovering or at least by helping to discover comets in the 18th century, was a way to move up the social economical, and scientific ladder.
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