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2017 All Arizona Messier Marathon Official Results

Site: Salome Emergency Airfield (south of I-10 at exit #53)
Event Date: March 25, 2017

Regular Observers

Num
Name
Scope
Organization
110 Sanket Unhale 120mm Refractor At large
110 Nilesh Korde 5″ SCT TAAA
110 Michael Poppre 10″ Newtonian SAC
110 Tom & Jennifer Polakis 10″ f/5.6 Newtonian SAC
110 Lowell Observatory Team 12″ f/5 Teeter Lowell Observatory
110 Paul Lind 14.5″ f/5 Dobsonian SAC
110 Jack Jones 20″ f/5 Dobsonian SAC
109 Rick Tejera 60mm ETX f/5.8 Refractor SAC
109 Doug Wiese 80mm f/3.75 Refractor HDAC
109 Rick Rotramel 10″ f/5.8 Newtonian SAC
109 George Robinson 14″ f/4.7 Dobsonian At large
109 Don Pfirmann 15″ f/4.5 Dobsonian SAC
109 Steve Dodder 20″ f/4.5 Dobsonian SAC
108 Raghavendra Murthy & Suprada G.N. 8″ Dobsonian At large
107 Joan McGue 8″ f/6 Dobsonian SAC
107 Brent Archinal 13″ f/4.5 Dobsonian CAS
106 Ya-Lin Wu 4.5″ Reflector At large
106 Jim Matzger 11″ SCT SAC
106 AJ Crayon 8″ SCT SAC
80 Mark Biesiada 8″ Newtonian SAC
76 Kevin Beverage 10×50 Binoculars At large
67 Thomas E Curry 8″ f/10 LX90 SCT SAC
68 Dan Oppenheim 9.25″ SCT EVAC
66 David Hatch 10″ Newtonian EVAC
60 Robert Charley 8″ Dobsonian At large

Under 18 Observers

109 Christopher Texlar At large
78 Molly Wiese 120mm Refractor HDAC
35 Serena Charley 8″ Dobsonian At large

Imaging Observers

109 Howard Anderson LX200 & ST400 At large

Club Affiliations:

SAC – Saguaro Astronomy Club
EVAC – East Valley Astronomy Club
HDAC – High Desert Astronomy Club
TAAA – Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association
CAS – Coconino Astronomical Society
At large – No affiliation

The 2017 All Arizona Messier Marathon Report

The 2017 All Arizona Messier Marathon is now over and the official results are in. Congratulations to all of the participants.

Welcome to the 110 Club: Sanket Unhale, Nilesh Korde, Tyler T Dawson, Shyanne Dustrud and Curtis Dankof.

And congratulations to Mark Biesiada who won the 14″ Dobsonian grand prize!

Clear Skies
Rick Tejera
2017 All Arizona Messier Marathon Coordinator