Messier Marathon Eternal Hall of Fame

Here we list all reported Messier Marathon results with full success of 110 observed Messier objects.

March 23/24, 1985: Gerry Rattley from Dugas, Arizona (1985 Saguaro Astronomy Club Messier Marathon)
March 16/17, 1996: David Fredericksen from south of Arizona City, Arizona (1996 All Arizona Messier Marathon)
March 27/28, 1998: Robert Davidson from Arizona City, Arizona (see report)
March 19/20, 1999: Russell F. Pinizzotto from the Andromeda Galaxy Observatory in Fort Davis, Texas (see report and featured article)
March 22-23, 2001: Kirk Alexander and Jack Gelfand of Princeton, New Jersey from Chiricahua National Monument near Wilcox, Arizona (see report)
March 23-24, 2001: Bill Ferris, being a day early and practising for the 2001 All Arizona Messier Marathon, from the Arizona City site. See report.
March 24-25, 2001: During the most successful Messier Marathon event to date, 25 participants of the 2001 All Arizona Messier Marathon found all 110 Messier objects (instruments given in braces): Kirk Alexander (16" N), Brent Archinal (11X80 binos!), Jim & Delia Brix (16"DOB), Andrew Cooper (6" f5.1 Newt), AJ Crayon (14.5" f5.2 DOB), Marshall Dailey (5" MakCass), Bob & Pat Davidson (8" f6 DOB), Steve & Rosie Dodder (8" SCT), John Evelan (20" f4 DOB), Bill Ferris (10" f4.5; also saw all 110 the day before!), David Fredericksen (12" f6 DOB), Jack Gelfand (16" N), Joe Goss (10" SCT), Jack Jones (14.5" f5 Newt), Harold Judson ((9.25" SCT), Dean Ketelsen (11.25" Newt), Frank Kraljic (10" f5.4 DOB), Derrick (Lim (8" f4 Newt), Tom Polakis (10" DOB), Ken Reeves (20" f5 DOB), Thad Robosson (8" f6 Newt), Sam Rua (20" f5 DOB), Ken Schmidt (14.5" f4.3 DOB), Doug Smith (8" SCT), Matt Spinelli (8" SCT). Note: This was the second full success for David Fredericksen (after 1996), Bob Davidson (after 1998), and Kirk Alexander, Jack Gelfand and Bill Ferris (2 successes in 2001).

Honorable mention: Observers who logged all 109 objects they looked for, excluding controverse M 102 (the others accept or take NGC 5866 as M102, in agreement with a proposition of Don Machholz and others, and still somewhat disputable historical evidence):

March 1995: Amateurs led by Paul Money from COAA, Algarve, Portugal
March 29/30, 1998: Mark Dunnett, Paul Money, Stephen and Timothy Tonkin, and Bev Ewen-Smith from COAA, Algarve, Portugal

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