“So those are the three requirements for finding a comet: at the right place, at the right time and seeing faint enough to detect it.“
Don Machholz
This weekend, March 13/14 the moon is new, and so it will not interfere with the marathon.– Don Machholz Podcast-62-Map-1-Evening-SkyDownload Podcast-62-Map-2-Morning-SkyDownload Podcast-62-Map-3-M46-and-M47Download Podcast-62-Messier-Marathon-Search-SequenceDownload
"This would be a good week to image the moon each night through a small telescope."Don Machholz
"These were cataloged by Charles Messier in 1781."Don Machholz