Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 20:57:03 -0600
From: Jack Estes <jackestes@hotmail.com>
To: spider@seds.org
Subject: Austin Astronomical Messier Marathon
  
Twice yearly we sponsor an event called the Central Texas Star Party or
CTSP, modeled somewhat on the famous TSP a few hundred miles due west.
This spring, CTSP is the weekend of March 31, April 1.  We're having a
Marathon on Friday, March 31st as an official event.  Headed up by Jack
Estes and Eric Ebner, we will award patches for each participant and a
certificate suitable for framing for 90 or more of the 109 objects
observed that night/morning.  This will be the first CTSP at our new
Eagle Eye Observatory at the Canyon of the Eagles nature park close to
Burnet, TX.  We're expecting about 60 participants out of about 200-300
astronomers due to arrive that weekend.
  
--Jack Estes--
(jackestes@hotmail.com)
Austin,Tx Astronomical Society