Workshop: The Messier Catalog

The Messier catalog, a beginner's introduction to the sky, is a list of over 100 objects visible through small telescopes; some can even be seen with the naked eye. Steve Siok will discuss three types of these objects: open clusters, globular clusters, and galaxies, all of which are important to the understanding of and appreciating the structure of our own Milky Way galaxy, and how to plan observing sessions to seek out each of these types of objects, in order to plan your deep-sky observing throughout the seasons.

Steve Siok is the current president of Skyscrapers, Inc., and has been an amateur astronomer for many years.