{"id":1441,"date":"2009-03-21T09:08:31","date_gmt":"2009-03-21T09:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/2009\/03\/the-messier-marathon-how-many.html"},"modified":"2009-03-21T09:08:31","modified_gmt":"2009-03-21T09:08:31","slug":"the-messier-marathon-how-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2009\/03\/the-messier-marathon-how-many.html","title":{"rendered":"The Messier Marathon: How many galaxies can you see?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Trifid nebula.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/69\/import\/images\/Trifid%20nebula.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/span>When the New Moon occurs near the spring equinox and the sky is dark, there is an opportunity to view up to 110 deep sky objects <a href=\"http:\/\/www.space-and-telescope.com\/MessierObjects.aspx\">as catalogued by Charles Messier<\/a>. These include galaxies and nebulae and star clusters that are normally not visible with amateur astronomical equipment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For you astronomy buffs out there, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/2009\/03\/20\/skywatchers-forecast-march-20-26-2009-a-messier-marthon-special-edition\/#more-27540\">Universe Today has provided a tour guide<\/a> to view all 110 objects at a leisurely pace over an eleven-day period, ten at a time. \u00a0They started yesterday though, so you may have to do a bit of catching up!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the New Moon occurs near the spring equinox and the sky is dark, there is an opportunity to view up to 110 deep sky objects as catalogued by Charles Messier. 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