Introduction

That's right guys, I have another 30 day challenge and this one is awesome! As you can probably tell by the title, this one is in spaaaaaaaaace. My 30 day project this time is to locate 30 of the 110 messier objects. But what are these and what do they have to do with space? Charles Messier was a french astronomer in the 1700's who hunted comets. But in his hunts for comets he discovered things that looked like comets but weren't comets. He made a list of 110 of these objects. Now viewing all of them is a common challenge for amateur astronomers. But why am I only tring to find 30 of them when 110 would be more of a challenge. Well, there are 30, so that's one per day. Also, they are seasonal so there are winter ones, summer ones etc:. I believe that there about 40 or so that are visible now. There is a day in Spring that if you stay out all night you can see all 110. It is called the Messier Marathon and is a challenge for advanced amateur astronomers. Unfortunately as of now I haven't been able to see any of them because of clouds and a ton of rain. But I know that as soon I get a nice clear night I will be able to get right back on track. When I finish this 30 day challenge I will present it by making a power point containing all of the objects that I have found as well as a brief description of each.