One's latitude can be a factor in determining which objects to view
first as well. This alters the set time. Why not sort by set time at a
given latitude and see what happens? Of course some objects may never
set. Or worse, never rise!

And who said a GOTO is "cheating". :-)

My best is 90+ several years ago. And I used a Dob, with no setting
circles, no GOTO, and no Telrad! Just a good old Mag 6 Atlas and a lot
of practice!

Robert Sheaffer wrote:

I have recently added a "Messier Marathon" catalog for my program RTGUI,
the Real-Time Interactive Windows Software for Astronomical Observers...

I have changed the order of some of the objects to differ from the usual
strict west-to-east order,...

It's considered "cheating" if you use a Goto telescope to conduct a
Messier Marathon, and RTGUI can direct a Goto scope to the selected...

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Tom Rankin - Programmer by day, amateur astronomer by night!
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