Hi, All, I found my personally autographed copy of Don Machholz's Messier marathon book. The marathon date is March 8, 2008, at Coe Park. I've added it to the 2008 calendar. Link below. Clear Skies! -- Jim Van Nuland, San Jose (California) Astronomical Association <a href="http://www.svpal.org/~jvn/year2008.htm#Mar ">March 2008</a>